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0 pointslijogdfljk3y ago0 comments

/shrug, depends on how people view the problem.

Smaller communities can be more focused and managed. Trying to get everyone in one place agreeing on one set of rules sounds impossible. At least federation has the potential to let groups exist differently as desired.

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phpisthebest3y ago

That is the thing, people do not go to twitter to be in "Small Focused Community"

They do it to interact with the globe, and the more people on that network the better it is.

There are a million ways to create a niche site (like hacker news) that allows a Small Focused Community to interact, that is not a replacement for Twitter

lijogdfljkOP3y ago

Agreed, but that's kinda the point in my eyes. Maybe a global forum with no moderation everyone can agree with is a bad thing? Ie maybe it makes everyone unhappy?

Everyone was on Facebook too. We're not all looking for Facebook 2.0 currently, are we? Yea, we have different form factors of social networks, definitely. But some (not all!) of the core features of Facebook were misguided or mismanaged. Some features of Facebook aren't looking to be replaced.

I'm not saying Mastodon is a replacement for Twitter. I'm simply saying maybe some features of Twitter aren't worth being replaced for many people.

phpisthebest3y ago

>>Maybe a global forum with no moderation everyone can agree with is a bad thing? Ie maybe it makes everyone unhappy?

I do not agree, and it does not make me unhappy at all. I am late 70's child, I experienced the Wild West of the internet, nothing posted to twitter (or the chan's for that matter) shock me, or makes me unhappy

I think people need thicker skin, and maybe more anonymity not less...

Censorship is not the solution, never has been in history and never will be in the future.

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phpisthebest3y ago

That is the thing, people do not go to twitter to be in "Small Focused Community"

They do it to interact with the globe, and the more people on that network the better it is.

There are a million ways to create a niche site (like hacker news) that allows a Small Focused Community to interact, that is not a replacement for Twitter

lijogdfljkOP3y ago

Agreed, but that's kinda the point in my eyes. Maybe a global forum with no moderation everyone can agree with is a bad thing? Ie maybe it makes everyone unhappy?

I'm not saying Mastodon is a replacement for Twitter. I'm simply saying maybe some features of Twitter aren't worth being replaced for many people.

phpisthebest3y ago

>>Maybe a global forum with no moderation everyone can agree with is a bad thing? Ie maybe it makes everyone unhappy?

I think people need thicker skin, and maybe more anonymity not less...

Censorship is not the solution, never has been in history and never will be in the future.

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