kyrah

I am genuinely delighted that there is a non-centralised alternative to Twitter. And from what I've seen, you people are a lovely community (or rather, set of communities).

But this is very much not my environment.

The mere fact that many people feel they should hide talk of politics behind a content warning tag says it all, I think.

Apr 5, 2017 at 12:37pmWeb
Show threadkyrahApr 5, 2017

From what I've seen, this place is much more like my old IRC channel than it is like Twitter.

That's not a bad thing, mind you. Au contraire.

But it's not what I'm here for. I'm on the birdsite for news and analysis, very little of what I see here.

This is a great place, but it's not my place.

And so I'm outta here, at least for now. Good luck, and thanks for all the toots!

Show threadChou pas gothApr 5, 2017
@kyrah it's somewhere between twitter and IRC, very clearly. That being said, you can't expect a new social network which comes after Facebook and Twitter (which already managed to get most of the users in nearly 10 years) to do as well in only a few months. as a result you can't really expect news media, etc to be as interested in here as they are in twitter.
Anyway... see you later, maybe :)
Show threadmalokiApr 5, 2017
@kyrah I hope you come in once in a while. <3
Show threadMC readApr 5, 2017
@kyrah don't judge the castle by the color of the entrance keys
Show threadeeekApr 5, 2017
@kyrah That'll get settled as soon as the different instances will get their own "personnalities" w/ themes and all
Show threadpettter ✅Apr 5, 2017
@kyrah That really depends on the instance, honestly. I've never stuck political stuff behind content warnings, not least because I can't (not a Mastodon server).
Show threadRysiekúr (old account)Apr 5, 2017
@pettter @kyrah #ThoughtOfTheDay: not sticking your political thoughts behind a Content Warning is in itself a political act.
Show threadRysiekúr (old account)Apr 5, 2017
@kyrah there's nothing wrong with having those discussions in the open. and nothing says that one of the set of communities can't be the one that fits you. I personally would like to have someone to talk politics with around here, and I do not feel inclined hiding that behind a content warning.
Show threadOndřej PokornýApr 5, 2017
@kyrah So maybe choose another community (Mastodon instance)?
Show threadDoc Edward Morbius ❌​Apr 8, 2017

@kyrah The concept of any specific group defining out-of-acceptability a major topic of conversation and interest strikes me as inherently ridiculous. If individual Instances want to set policies, that's an option, though better user-centric tools for filtering are where I see this going. See excellent further comments from maiyannah in this thread, especially here:

https://community.highlandarrow.com/notice/833554

Show threadKatharsisdrillApr 8, 2017
@kyrah - yes, that is strange.