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> much more civil as well. Unfortunately that’s about to change.
by rapind 4y ago
> much more civil as well.
Unfortunately that’s about to change.
- rchaud 4y agoI don't see how. Incivility on Twitter began because of several reasons: a) 140 char limit incentivized hot takes over nuance b) ad-based metrics (mDAUs) incentivized addiction-based UX choices (infinite scroll), and nothing keeps people glued to a screen like bad news c) the algorithm started showing content to followers that was contextually unrelated to their follows."Here's a post from a person you don't follow, but is followed by one of your follows). Mastodon does away with a lot of this. 500 characters allows for plenty of nuance. Federation model means there is no monolith obsessed with accumulating the most users and shoving ads at them.