Heh....y'know, it occurs to me - we're likely -not- to see some of the nastier irritants on mastodon compared to birdsite - there's no real impetus to add in click fraud for ad impressions, so that motivation for bot traffic is pretty much nonexistent.

And if follower count remains somewhat opaque between instances, ego-boosting via fake followers is not likely to happen either.

There's some rather interesting implications amongst all this, aren't there?

@munin its quite refreshing, I think.
@da_667 Oh aye. I'm enjoying myself over here thoroughly - barely touched birdsite this week. Haven't looked at it on mobile at all.
@munin @da_667 I still have a few people over there that I check in, but it's been so few check ins, I don't even have a tab open for it right now which I normally have open all the time. Feels both weird and nice.
@Technogen @munin I have both tabs up, currently. Too many good contacts over there (tm). But I'm checking in on my phone less and less.
@da_667 @Technogen I leave a message now and then over there, but, at least for now, here's where I feel like sticking.
@munin @Technogen it makes sense. your instance is yours and you control it. I like that. a lot.
@Technogen @munin don't like ToS/CoC? Roll your own.
@da_667 @munin @Technogen Get banned for being a dick to users? Roll your own. Automagic federation. Dynamic ephemeral webscale shitposting instances in order to enhance the customer experience by facilitating authentic conversations.
@Technogen @munin @da_667 All I'm saying is that with spider-like powers comes great responsibility, unfortunately.