This is not something new. Mastodon and the fediverse has been a community that has had a overwelming amount of people who are super critical to rich people and capitalism.
They are kind of embodying the "eat the rich" sentiment.
And while I'm fairly progressive by most people's standards, and a big advocate for the welfarestate, I do not resonate with sentiments like this at all.
@talleraas sadly, to me, so many people on this platform that talk about freedom from platforms that they've left are also quite explicit about demanding an echo chamber.
It's not all light and goodness here. Some portray it that way, though.
There's so much hate on my feeds here, and people pumping each other up to amplify the hatrid instead of pausing to reexamine their beliefs about the world.
@talleraas well, talking about Mastodon specifically, I think it's about the same, which brings up a hobby horse of mine:
Mastodon simply doesn't offer users very powerful tools for them to tailor their own experiences. Hashtag filtering and user following are so rudimentary and even problematic
If users had better tools then things might get better, but until then I'd expect it to be pretty stagnant.
The same old hashtag filtering will just get you to the same old types of content, supporting echo chambers, and generally leaving things stuck.
@volkris do you feel it's better now that Mastodon has gotten bigger, or has it become worse? I'm not sure myself. Some of the worst I know for a fact have been here from the beggining or close to the beginning.
But I feel also there is a readonable part of the fediverse too. But maybe they aren't as bold to push their voice around and focus more on important aspects in life?
I feel like most people don't want to make conflict.