Damn it, #Mastodon subculture has a crap reputation and it’s honestly mostly deserved. The HOA nickname tracks. I just can’t figure the space out. There’s anger that people are using #bluesky and #Nostr , there’s a strong hostility toward content creators and influencers. They call people too stupid for calling #Fediverse & Mastodon too confusing. People attack and criticise those that remain on Big Social. A popular minority ran instance was shutdown due to the insane harassment, devs that do anything the people don’t like are relentlessly viscously attacked. Black and Brown people were told to CW their lives racist experiences and when sharing about their #fedi harassment they’re told to digitally segregate and that it can’t be true as others haven’t seen it nor experienced it. Yet, Mastodon is supposedly the nicest of social networks, that’s as big as lie any Trump told this week. I honestly, don’t want any Black and Brown people to come here, not yet anyways
@damon Unrelated to my previous post.
In a few cases, I saw what one might call the "buddy". An admin who when someone goes up to someone and provokes a fight because they don't like something they said, they turn a blind eye because they agree with them.
There are progressive leaning "buddies".
The "buddy" might even spin it around that their friend is the "real" victim. And it's just not worth engaging in fedi drama just to get at one asshole.
Unfortunately, there are people who really over-sell Mastodon and people end up with unrealistic expectations.
