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 threadTael 🔜 AC262d ago
@scottjenson Respectfully, Mastodon is less of an echo chamber than any social media on earth presently. That's exactly why people bounce off of it. There is absolutely nothing built into the system to shepherd you into a "good" experience. It's just humans. Love 'em or leave 'em, but if you stay it's on you to curate your experience. A lotta people don't like that, and that's OK. All Mastodon users ever asked for was the option to exist in a space they owned. Not for Threads, Bluesky, and Twitter to all shut down and everyone to be on Mastodon.
Show threadParaendroid2d ago

@tael

@scottjenson
Mastodon is more like democracy should be: Everyone is allowed to express ones opinion AND everyone will hear and needs to tolerate an opinion one does not like AND everyone has the right to speak out against others opinions. But even here it would be nice if people would react less aggressive against opinions etc they do not like. (But usually the discussions I witness here are mostly civilized.🤩)

Show threadWorik

@Paraendroid @tael @scottjenson

Yes, this.

Not telling people what they think, by reading a 200 character toot, is a start, methinks

Ask them for clarification - it is easy andcan be done respectfully

Apr 8 at 2:51amWeb