New from me: Fediverse Report #158 - What is Mastodon for?
On the recent discourse about the Mastodon becoming an echo chamber and the community's anti-ai sentiment, and how the fundamental tension in that @Mastodon allows for people to create communities and 'place' on the instance level, but people experience community and culture on the federation level
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr158-what-is-mastodon-for/
Not really sure what this is saying. Stipulated that most people experience the Fedi as one big interconnected social network. That's what it is. And the fact that the prevailing attitude is a fair degree of hostility to AI, mirrors what most of the general population thinks about AI. The fact that an ungoverned and ungovernable network reflects the general consensus does not seem to be a problem that needs solving.
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If the point is that 'hostility' is a bad way for the general concensus to be hammered out. Completely agree with that. The discourse in the Jenson thread got very heated, and it would be much better if we were better able to disagree without being disagreeable. Actually find that well reasoned and fact based arguments much more persuasive than invective or ad hominem, and think those who go down that road only hurt their case.
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But, the way to temper that kind of rhetoric is really the same as any other matter, through consensus. Conversations just like this. Your paper, raising concerns for the community and respectful discourse about them.
That said, people care about this stuff, and sometimes their opinions are expressed with stong feelings. That's the way people are.
To be clear, not talking about racism or abuse of others that violate instance rules.
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