Dan GillmorJul 29, 2023

I hope that Mastodon folks who like to scold newcomers will realize how off-putting -- and damaging -- that behavior is.

Please be helpful, not scornful. Let's reduce the genuine risk of poisoning fediverse growth, and thereby giving social-media oligarchs indefinite control over online discourse.

Having said that, Mastodon/fediverse could/should do more to make users' experiences more gratifying.

Read this essential post from @kissane to understand more. https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

Show threadstevenJul 29, 2023
@dangillmor @kissane Don't scold individuals. Teach the whole community. Show best practices for all. Lead by example.

Admit when something is your preference and not an accepted practice.

And you can always choose who's in your feed and block whomever you wish.
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@steven this won't teach people it starts with spending time with them giving them some vision of what a good practice is, they too often do away with saying a one or two liner posts ranting about it being a good guy
Jul 29, 2023 at 8:11pmWeb