Scott Jenson3d ago

Is #mastodon becoming an echo chamber? This post from @carnage4life has me questioning our community. The Mastodon team is finally getting some traction, the product improvements are increasing, The #UX is improving, yet people posting on multiple platforms are making comments like this. It's confusing.

I *know* people here don't want this to be a classic social media-clone but we'd *like* journalists to be here right? They aren't coming with examples like this!

Show threadScott Jenson2d ago
OK, this is going even MORE sideways so I need to make a few things clear:
1. I took a complex point and made it poorly
2. My goal was to ask for more inclusiveness
3. I am sickened by what happend to BlackTwitter and I don't want it recur
4. But I can't speak for BlackTwitter nor should I
5. I apologize to black mastodon users for making such a poor comparison
6. I'm not endorsing "AI Slop" they were a foil to make my point
7. I'm certainly NOT trying to compare AI bros to Black twitter (but, as I said, I can see how people made that connection. I'm trying to correct that here)
Show threadvarx/social

@scottjenson Black people being harassed off of fedi was not caused by echo chambers. I'm really confused by the comparison.

You should also be aware that a lot of times, "echo chamber" is used as a criticism of *any moderation at all*, including the kind that would make the place safer for black people...

Apr 6 at 9:16pmWeb
Show threadScott Jenson2d ago
@varx yeah I really messed that up. It's not my topic and I shouldn't have made the comparison. I've publicly apologized for it