I've seen a number of people who make valuable contributions to the #Fediverse say that they are leaving or at least considering leaving due to a "toxic reply guy culture" (as it was worded in one case). I think generally those who are cis-het white guys (or plausibly read as such) don't get as much of this, but anyone who visibly isn't one (or more) of those things seems to get it. And I think the Fediverse is poorer for the resultant loss.
I wonder what can be done about this. As opposed to a lot of abusive behavior, I would assume a lot of this doesn't really break any articulable rule, and as opposed to trolling I suspect that many of the people doing it have no ill intent. So I'm not sure what sort of approach would ensure a more reasonable experience for people without excessive unintended consequences.
@olives I was actually saying that it's distinct from abusive behavior, but I was suggesting they are each subsets of undesirable behavior (in the sense that they just drive negative feelings not productive engagement between users).
Perhaps UI options that allowed users to be more opt-in if that's what they wanted:
"Don't show me anything from anyone I haven't followed" or "Only show content from people I've followed + local instance" for example.
@internic I don't think it makes a whole lot of sense to lump an "annoying post" in with "abusive behavior".
I have gotten a post before telling me something which literally everyone knows, lol.