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the chat thing is better done by XMPP, and mastodon... well.. if it ever gains real traction, it'll get swarmed by mob behavior just like Twitter is now.
by Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
the chat thing is better done by XMPP, and mastodon... well.. if it ever gains real traction, it'll get swarmed by mob behavior just like Twitter is now.
- viraptor 6y agoI guess we're just doomed to that cycle until some breakthrough. It's like an eternal eternal september, we're going to jump to new services which are temporarily better before everyone uses them.
- zozbot234 6y agoThe federated architecture is a powerful check on mob behavior. A Mastodon instance that enables the sort of mass harassment and mobbing you routinely see on twitter will just be refused federation by well-maintaned instances, just like Gab has been.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoI'm not sure breaking the federation is a solution good enough to call it a 'check'. Users who want to disperse outrage of different kinds will just use other instances and will gather in mobs from them. You see, just a hundred mobbers can spoil any real discussion and turn it into a stinking pile.