There has been a huge influx of Indian users and numbers are continuously increasing. Subsequently, it is also giving rise to the plethora of political posts. My question is, won't this platform turn into another Birdsite in this way? And if not, then why or how not?
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@shibaprasad Are you asking about QOTO or the fediverse as a whole.
The fediverse as a whole has lots of interests and politics is among them.
At QOTO we are STEM based but not topic-enforced. So our users sometimes discuss politics like anyone else might. But generally in the past it wasnt really the most popular topic except when a significant political event takes place.
Based on past influxes (this is far from the first) we will see the political talk die down in about a week and go back to the usual topics we see (personal updates, and a lot of STEM stuff).
Basically people who post **only** or mostly politicial stuff just dont get many followers over time. So usually after a week or so they disapear to another server or just stop talking politics and move on to more interesting topics.
I'd say give it 2 weeks and should be back to normal around here with a few new faces.
@freemo I was talking about the Mastodon as whole and then QOTO.
Yeah it should cool down in 2 weeks.