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Mastadon is by far, leaps and bounds - above the quality of any social network I’ve ever been a part of in terms of content. My chosen server; tech.lgbt is lit
by lostgame 4y ago
Mastadon is by far, leaps and bounds - above the quality of any social network I’ve ever been a part of in terms of content.
My chosen server; tech.lgbt is literally a return to the ‘good old days’ of people showing off innovative tech projects, having healthy discussions and; yes - cat pictures. I feel like my mental health got a major upgrade the day I deleted the Facebook client off my iPhone and installed a Mastodon client.
It’s pulled some sort of a blinder off my face and caused me to remember the actual purpose of social media is to connect and communicate with fellow human beings.
Let’s pray it never hits ‘mainstream’.
- emptysongglass 4y agoHow disheartening to have an appreciation of human generosity and kindness pushed down by HN. Kind, compassionate discourse has also been my experience of Mastodon and SSB: they're turning the idea on its head that social media must by default be hateful. It's eye opening to see how centralized platforms have it in their best interest to keep people enraged and engaged. The federating, community-run instances of Mastodon do not.
- lostgame 4y agoI'm a little baffled my comment was downvoted, too; and it's another one of those instances where I wish there was a requirement to give a reason for downvoting on HN. I'm not sure what on earth about my original comment there could be considered as 'negative', or 'factually incorrect'. I simply provided an honest anecdotal account of my experience with the service; which I feel is relevant to the conversation.
- dm319 4y agoAnd you were right. I suspect bigots. I miss slashdot's reasons for up/down voting.