Every time I venture onto twitter all I see is absolute toxicity. My guilty habit is profile surfing some of these utter looneys, and it’s just incredible how bitter some of the people can be.
I saw one guy who spends his day responding to NBA tweets with shit like “0 rings” to start arguments, and just generally being an arsehole in any way possible…
Twitter has gotten A LOT worse since Musk took over. The blue check brigade is given priority across the entire site, so you’re likely to see all the bigots and qidiots more than those engaging in actual discourse.
Honestly, I don’t notice any toxicity, but I’m not in any communities I think toxicity would even flourish (eg politics). Twitter seemed to be so fucking toxic for so long so I think mastodon is much better in that regard
In my experience, Mastodon is much, much less toxic than twitter!
It’s mostly polite, friendly, community-minded folks, & the moderation is a million times more effective than corporate social media, because the mods care about keeping the community healthy, instead of focusing on driving hostile engagement to increase advertising views.
It’s really a bunch of communities. I have a few accounts on different servers; one for general use (medium sized server), one academic (on a pretty specialized server), and one for following open source projects I’m interested in (since early 2020 on a server hasn’t been updated for a while so it’s lacking features).
Common for all is that people are generally willing to engage in discussions, and it feels more intimate and welcoming than many other social media I’ve been using. I haven’t really seen it be toxic at all. It can, however, be challenging to break out of your little bubble, and especially so in smaller servers where you depend more on finding and following people around the Fediverse.
My advise would be to either try to find a specialized server for something you’re interested in, or join a bigger general one if you just want to check it out without putting in the effort. You could always move somewhere else and take your followers with you later on, should you feel like it. :)
What’s mastodon actually like community wise?
Every time I venture onto twitter all I see is absolute toxicity. My guilty habit is profile surfing some of these utter looneys, and it’s just incredible how bitter some of the people can be.
I saw one guy who spends his day responding to NBA tweets with shit like “0 rings” to start arguments, and just generally being an arsehole in any way possible…
Twitter has gotten A LOT worse since Musk took over. The blue check brigade is given priority across the entire site, so you’re likely to see all the bigots and qidiots more than those engaging in actual discourse.
You can see for yourself without creating an account: https://mastodon.social/explore
what i love to do is to browse the local feeds on interesting instances (https://infosec.exchange/public/local , https://hachyderm.io/public/local)
Honestly, I don’t notice any toxicity, but I’m not in any communities I think toxicity would even flourish (eg politics). Twitter seemed to be so fucking toxic for so long so I think mastodon is much better in that regard
In my experience, Mastodon is much, much less toxic than twitter!
It’s mostly polite, friendly, community-minded folks, & the moderation is a million times more effective than corporate social media, because the mods care about keeping the community healthy, instead of focusing on driving hostile engagement to increase advertising views.
I’ve interacted with some cranky people, but nowhere near the dedicated trolling you get on twitter, funny or no
Lol. That’s probably one of Durant’s alternates
It’s great. Number go up mentality is dead, none of Twitter’s features used for toxicity are integrated, actual communities are formed
It’s really a bunch of communities. I have a few accounts on different servers; one for general use (medium sized server), one academic (on a pretty specialized server), and one for following open source projects I’m interested in (since early 2020 on a server hasn’t been updated for a while so it’s lacking features).
Common for all is that people are generally willing to engage in discussions, and it feels more intimate and welcoming than many other social media I’ve been using. I haven’t really seen it be toxic at all. It can, however, be challenging to break out of your little bubble, and especially so in smaller servers where you depend more on finding and following people around the Fediverse.
My advise would be to either try to find a specialized server for something you’re interested in, or join a bigger general one if you just want to check it out without putting in the effort. You could always move somewhere else and take your followers with you later on, should you feel like it. :)