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yeah I did not know about this community policy and this was the first time I was significantly discouraged from using Mastodon. I use search to do research on
by swyx 4y ago
yeah I did not know about this community policy and this was the first time I was significantly discouraged from using Mastodon.
I use search to do research on links all the time (https://www.swyx.io/twitter-metacommentary https://www.swyx.io/twitter-metacommentary). If I read something good, usually plonking it into HN search or Twitter search yields a dozen more related points and rabbit holes I can go down. I can even engage with the author or find their thread of thinking or responses to a question I had that may already have been asked (or better, questions I didnt think to ask)
Without Mastodon search all these metaconversations about topics are lost.
- jrm4 4y agoRight, but I think the thing is the "protocol" is (or can be) stronger than the policy. Which is why over there I'm presently unpopular with lots of people on many sides of issues, because (this is rough, but hey) e.g. too many white people are going "ooh, no racism discussion here please, I'm too delicate." and also too many black people are like "if i see the slightest thing that looks a little bit like racism defederate and block that whole server!"