:two_hearts:EuphoriaI believe it's possible that I've had more personal interactions with people in a half a day on Mastodon than I've had in eight years on Twitter.
Michael Smith@Euphoria ding ding! This is what makes this an interesting place. I have not replied and @ mentioned a single person here who didn't want to engage and have a conversation. Other offerings you hit trolls and jerks who want to belittle because that is what they do
@Mike Alas, they're bound to show up here eventually too. But not yet, which is awesome.
I don't have a clue how long this platform's been around. I joined some other promising ones near the beginning but lost interest in them before they really took off. I couldn't even remember what ello was called when I was trying to think of it earlier and seem to have lost my cookies.
@Mike We can hope, and maybe it'll be true. And if not there's always blocking.
@Euphoria an interesting question asked by @Michael_Spencer was: should we block brands? Made me think. As difficult as this answer may be, I think no. But, as odd as this may sound, I think blocking blokes that follow brands is the right thing to do and would keep this place a community
@Mike @Michael_Spencer I'm not really sure what you mean about blocking blokes that follow brands, but I'm all for blocking trolls, and never hesitate to block them, or anyone else that's impolite or seems to be searching for a way to condemn me, just for the hell of it.
@Euphoria @Michael_Spencer I guess what I was trying to say is people that would follow brands and seek out news are not the people that build community.
@Mike @Michael_Spencer Except maybe with others like themselves. ;) "Birds of a feather...."