This site shows you how the quote retweet function is actually kind of destructive.
@LouisIngenthron @mollyjongfast it's so interesting! People on here really don't seem tempted to dunk on each other, is that because of the community or because of the features? One clearly informs the other
@simon Give it time. The trolls go where the people go. Once it reaches critical mass, human nature will take over.
@simon Oh, I understand that. But what I'm saying is, when enough people migrate from Twitter, the trolls will have incentive to come to these non-trolly servers and push the moderators to their limits. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
@LouisIngenthron @simon
Ding! Got it in one, I'm afraid.
Dunbar's number is the doom of humanity.
@LouisIngenthron the trolls have been here all along though - Gab and Truth Social both run on Mastodon already!
Most tasteful servers have them completely blocked though - one of the benefits of federation