You know what's great about Mastodon? Putting effort into writing a long thread and waking up to the Self-Appointed-Mastodon-Police telling you that long threads are an "inappropriate" way to use Mastodon.
No. There are plenty of ways to uses Mastodon. Not everyone needs to use it the same way, and no one is required to follow your imagined rules.
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I think part of what I’m seeing is a small but very vocal minority of users who object to any use of Mastodon that mirrors the way people use(d) Twitter. It’s kind of a cargo-cult logic: “some aspects of Twitter are toxic, therefore, anything that reminds me of Twitter will bring toxicity.”
I try not to be toxic. But there are some ways I used Twitter that I found useful, that suit me, and that I now use this for. I think that’s also true for many others here, too.
FWIW, when I do longer threads, it’s generally me thinking out loud about something I find interesting and may (or may not) write more about (either as a paper or a blog post) in the future. Perhaps that’s too self-indulgent for some. But I enjoy reading long threads from others, especially when it shows me how other people think about interesting things.
@mattblaze I love long threads. Bring it on!
