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Show threadShoq 🌿Oct 19, 2023
I just had a very dispirited convo with a very well known pundit who told me why she and most of her friends are no longer interested in Mastodon. I was going to post it, but I think it’s just too harshly worded. People would get their backs up from the language alone. It’s going to be a challenge to get such people back, if we ever do. It will never happen without quoted posts, imo. I think that’s the minimum gesture that will have to be made for them to ever take this seriously again.
Show threadHawkWolf (H. A. Kirsch)Oct 19, 2023

@shoq I’ve thought it was weird that people seemed to suffer so greatly from quoted posts

I’m a cis gay white make who is kind of a social democrat so maybe I just don’t invite dogpile abuse enough. I feel icky saying that but… I wish I could quote toot so I could explain why I’m reboosting or whatever!

Giraffe Slava 🇺🇸🇺🇦Oct 19, 2023
Show threadShoq 🌿
@hakirsch in my opinion it was always an overhyped issue that was largely made up by well intentioned people who exaggerated the threat while looking for ways to declare the fediverse different from and “safer” than the commercial platforms. At least one academic researched it and found no validity to the “pile-on catalyst” theory. And Masto founder Eugen felt they led to less interesting chat (or something like that). Most advocates feel the opposite is true.
Oct 19, 2023 at 3:05amSidetoolz