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1. simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Friday, 25-Nov-2022 21:38:36 JST simsa04

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   I wouldn't generalise that and I wouldn't see it that pessimistically. True, many people may behave the way they did on Twitter, but given the technical differences, screaming and trolling won't have the same effect as on Twitter. In the end, many will change their behaviour or return to Twitter.
   
   I see federation as the main reason why the fediverse (even incl. most of the Mastodon network) is conversations-based, not claims-based. (It's "social media", not "scream media"). At least for now there is no way that one can accummulate favs and approvals by being obnoxious or doing outrageous things. And this is not just because the Fediverse is no silo – in fact, Mastodon run instances creating the Mastodon network pretty much are one – but because due to federation there is no one meta-instance in which a person can become famous.
   
   In fact, I see the fediverse as an environment for learning to interact and disagree gracefully. And those who don't want that vanish into their respective corners or go elsewhere.
   • scribe ✒️ (scribe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 23:21:10 JST scribe ✒️

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     @simsa04 Yeah - a centralised site is a double edged sword. "Hooray, I can reach out to anyone anywhere" inherently defaults to connecting with everyone at the same time, which rapidly descends into attention-grabbing, especially given the short form nature. Longer, more contextual posts like these hopefully filter that out, as well as the defaulting to decentralised moderation.

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   • scribe ✒️ (scribe@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Nov-2022 23:21:36 JST scribe ✒️

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     @simsa04 Socialising needs space, in the same way that plants need air and people need elbow room.

     A healthy group has time and space to think, express, experiment, discuss, critique, review, and negotiate.

     Line breaks are a civility.

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