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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@ChrisMayLA6 the ability to edit is a big deal! Because edit notifications propagate, it lets us issue corrections that will spread somewhat.

This makes it MUCH easier to counter misinformation, retractions, and corrections, since we can push correction notifications to every booster!