Mastodawn

If I was to nominate the two things I find most striking about Mastodon they'd be:

1. the ability to edit posts after posting; this (as my followers will know) is a facility that I use a lot (and thanks to my great crew of typo spotters);

2. the norm of civility that we all maintain; of course trolling & slamming is not completely absent, but at least in my timeline & discussions/conversations civility have been the over-riding characteristic of my exchanges.

#Mastodon #civility #SocialMedia

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Andreas K

@ChrisMayLA6 There is literally no cookie handed out by an algorithm for being uncivil; on the other hand, there are some, if not completely consistent, penalties handed out by users to users who are not civil.

Now the commercial social media that is in the eyeball economy, who needs to optimize engagement?

Let me summarize: A/B testing suggests that quarreling users stay engaged.