Mastodawn

Dan Gillmor Jul 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

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Evgeny Lepekhin Jul 29, 2023

@dangillmor @kissane as many came from #twitter which very famous for being a toxic place, it's no surprise people took their old habits with them. Also when it comes to discussing politics here, #mastodon reminds me of twitter very much.

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Christine Sykes

@evgenylepekhin @dangillmor @kissane I get what you mean. I'm trying to find the right balance of politics on my feed without feeling the Twitter-like levels of negativity. I want to be able to have/see political discussion/info here without the knee-jerk toxicity and hate.