I'm now seeing "we need to do like Meta" because they are growing #Threads so fast.
No, the only point of fedi and Mastodon is if they are different, do not try to be like them, be bigger, grow faster etc
The culture here is its strength - its only distinctive valuable asset -and many would destroy it without thinking, including the admins of the larger #Mastodon instances. 🤦♂️ #fediverse
@happyborg Like you, I do very much appreciate the #Mastodonculture - it is more of a social network vs. social automation. The calls to emulate <other platform>, to me, is akin to loud American's visiting a foreign country and complaining that the KFC has a different menu.
There are somethings that I would like Mastodon to be able to do, but they're non-trivial technical emulation. Like frictionless following instead of "... copy this link, go to your instance, then search for this URL, ..."
Absolutely, you have expressed the essence of Mastodon communication. A multitude of micro-conversations, each very specific and apparently minor, but honest and in the spirit of true dialogue. In combination, these conversations effect real change.
That is why the main mode of posting on Mastodon is the reply, not the big post.
10 days ago I put down in writing my (low) expectations for Mastodon supporting QTs <https://sociale.network/@oblomov/110295026893193313>. With the recent growth of interest in #CalcKey, a platform that supports the feature, I'm already seeing my prediction come true, with high-profile accounts engaging in #UselessUseOfQT instead of plain old boosting or more in-depth out-of-band commentary. And that's still from a relatively small platform. When this his the larger Mastodon servers it'll be a shitshow.
Yes. #QTs are damaging to our inner posture when talking to others. Talking about the other, not to the other. #Thou becomes #It. #Dialogue becomes competition. I become the judge, not the partner.
On arriving here last November, I instantly felt the liberating power of Mastodon's discussion customs, especially the prohibition of QTs. I endlessly thought and posted about them. The recent announcement to introduce them saddens me; I absolutely share your fears.
Whatever #QT functionality is added to the Mastodon toolbox, at the very least we must maintain an awareness of the deeper reasons for trying to avoid Quotes.
It is troubling to find so many fellow new Mastodians being genuinely surprised that anyone might not want to have Quote functionality. Institutional memory vanishes fast.
#QuotePosts, text-based #search --- ouch. It will be important to see how these are implemented, but it feels like a climbdown. A move toward attention-grabbing broadcasting, away from attention-giving dialogue.
Whatever happened to the slow, considered, anti-viral ethos of classical #MastodonCulture? Awaiting implementation details, but I am sceptical.
And an #onboarding process that sends everyone to one mega instance seems to be the opposite of #federation building.
Reply+Reboost that's my answer when people are looking for equivalent of #QRT-ing on #mastodon
your opinion doesn't need to supersede others, you don't need to be the center of attention at ALL TIME, if you think OP's opinion is controversial ask for clarification and/or correction, give your opinion/input in the replies, passive aggressiveness leads to nowhere but bigger conflict.