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Mastodon's big problem is that most instances have the same weird and exclusionary kneejerk culture you see from the Twitter weirdos. Those weirdos already have
by DoItToMe81 4y ago
Mastodon's big problem is that most instances have the same weird and exclusionary kneejerk culture you see from the Twitter weirdos. Those weirdos already have their echo chamber, and other people, who could make a stable userbase, are repulsed by them and do not want to contribute to places filled with them.
- znpy 4y ago> Mastodon's big problem is that most instances have the same weird and exclusionary kneejerk culture you see from the Twitter weirdos. Can confirm. Just about a week ago I had an interaction with some schizoid user that started info-dumping on me via replies, while also claiming they hoped mastodon will be better at keeping the-people-they-didnt-like off the platform. I briefly mentioned that's not how mastodon works (federation and stuff) and that there are some counter-measures available (with the ultimate weapon being de-federation) but they just wouldn't listen. "mastodon" had to keep the trolls away! Needless to say, such user was very, very, VERY pushy. When I asked them to stop being so pushy, this user just blocked me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I wonder if that user started claiming I was some kind of troll too.
- DoItToMe81 4y agoIt has been so disappointing to see tools that could alleviate the discoverability curse for smaller communities being regarded as a new cool way to create an iron echo chamber where nobody is allowed in or out.