Anyone trying to replicate #Twitter here should find another place . This place must not become Twitter.
@EnPrimeurLefty I'd like to re-create the parts of Twitter where politics can be discussed in a civil - even friendly - way.
And where communities of like-minded people can coalesce.
But in reality, this can only exist within a bubble - where bots, trolls, fascists, etc. have been screened out.
Which is what the structure of the #fediverse and the #mastodon can offer.
But will it take over twatter's role as the world's notice board?
@philwaring @EnPrimeurLefty but see, to me this is part of how I interpret @EnPrimeurLefty 's admonition that this place must not become Twitter.
Only like-minded people coalescing? Echo chambers discussing politics? Is that really even much of a discussion?
It IS the kind of thing that turned me off to #Twitter, though. It didn't seem to have much use to it, only reinforcing and bias confirming instead of understanding.
You mention a role as the world's notice board, but your framing above sounds like you'd exclude much of the world from that.
So I suppose by liked-minded you meant people with the same interest in discussion, not necessarily the same opinions and perspectives on the world?
I probably just misread that.
There are sadly quite a few who really explicitly don't want other opinions around, though.
@volkris @EnPrimeurLefty No, you didn't misread; I really don't want to get into discussions about subjects which form part of my core beliefs.
My experience of twatter seems to have been more positive than most; I almost never got into spats.
This is because I instantly blocked anyone promoting religion, racism, the far-right, homo/transphobia etc.
Leaving my timeline free for more nuanced conversations eg *how* to stop this government.
I see no point discussing *why*...
@volkris @EnPrimeurLefty Here on Mastodon, there have been very few accounts that I have felt the need to block.
But isn't that because those hosting the Mastodon servers do most of the 'blocking' for us?
@volkris @philwaring there's a huge diversity of thought and superb knowledge contributions on #Mastodon without the personal combat, insults and toxicity. The levels of unevidenced opinion and pure hate on #Twitter is unedifying and harmful. So absolutely I don't want this place to turn into Twatter. One can stay on Twitter to experience insults and attacks for having an reasonable evidenced based opinion on a subject matter where one has expertise.