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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doctorambient Jul 30, 2023

@evgenylepekhin I find this comment fascinating and counter to my experience. (Definitely not saying that you are wrong, just curious why our experiences differ.)

I have a lot of political interactions here and they have been almost exclusively civil and friendly. The exact opposite of Twitter where it was all people scoring points of perceived enemies. And insane levels of anger...I can't be on, er, X for 5 minutes without getting mad. Very different here, for me anyway.

@dangillmor @kissane

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Evgeny Lepekhin

@doctorambient there are definitely less livid comments and replies on #mastodon than on #twitter, way less.

But it all depends on what topic you're discussing, what's your position, and what flag is over your dome.

You won't get a lot of hatred unless you proclaim an opinion different from an official "party line".

@dangillmor @kissane