I have never been an "online community first" person. The internet is how I stay in touch with people I met in real life. I'm not a "tweet comments at celebrities" guy. I was never funny enough to be the funniest person on Twitter. So when Twitter was accidentally

It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Even better.

    Most instances have human moderation, gating for bots, and yes, and you actually have to take 5-10 minutes to figure out how it all works, so the stupid people are automatically excluded by sheer complexity.

    I fucking love Mastodon.

    • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I know you probably didn’t mean this, but I don’t think accessibility barriers are good. Diversity of thought is strength and bad comments naturally sink to the bottom.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        After seeing how many terrorist ideologies have been allowed to thrive by claiming First Amendment protection since 2016.

        No.

        “Diversity of thought” my ass. I’m sure your wonderfully-diverse thoughts are just what all of us need to hear, but if they can’t pass muster under human moderation, they’re not worth platforming.

        • Ecco the dolphin@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Pretending these comments only come from “stupid” people is abelist and provably false.

          I am defending those with barriers, not fascists.

    • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Plenty of stupid people in the fediverse so I dont think we will win any prices for that, guys. And plenty of people who think they are smarter than average, and zero people who think they are dumber than average. The usual stuff.