MastodonNov 22, 2023

Strangers offering unsolicited advice or derailing conversations should be familiar to all who use social media. In our new #Mastodon for Android update, we’re testing a new feature aimed to curb these behaviours:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/11/improving-the-quality-of-conversations-on-mastodon/

Improving the quality of conversations on Mastodon

In our most recent Mastodon for Android release, we’re testing a new feature aimed to curb unneccesary negativity that comes from being on the Internet.

Mastodon Blog
Show threadDagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥Nov 22, 2023

@Mastodon

I like this part too 😂

"We also believe that by showing a bit of information about the person you’re about to talk to, we can prevent some awkward situations, such as explaining something to an expert in a given field."

Show threadpmroman 🇪🇺Nov 22, 2023
@Mastodon And who will certify, or verify, the expertise of each one of us? Besides, folks can talk without been experts, it's called conversation and I thought it was the purpose. Anyway, I forgot we shouldn't interact with people we don't know, my apologies :-)
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@pmroman yeah, no, apparently you're only supposed to interact with people you agree with. Yay echo chambers!
Nov 22, 2023 at 10:59pmMastodon for Android