I'm here on the #fediverse cause I want a town square and I don't think anybody else wants to provide that. It's not possible with ads, outsourced algorithms or nuanced moderation focused on anything more than eliminating assholes. #LiberalValues
It's funny because just today there is a post going around pointing out that, really, hardly anyone actually wants a town square.
Town square includes all of the hecklers and buskers and people yelling around about what they are selling and assholes and everything else. Town squares are kind of awful because of all the other people in the town.
In general, as the post points out, what people really want is a coffee shop with other folks that are behaving and maybe chatting a bit. Not a Town square with all the nonsense that that involves.
@volkris
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