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I really hope y'all understand I'm trying to improve the experience here and in so doing make this a healthier and more attractive place to be.
I didn't want to be a squeaky wheel but you know what they say...
@TechConnectify I feel like something that's continually getting lost here is the fact that different people have different needs.
Mastodon seems like it was built around/inherited the idea of old-old Twitter, where it was a place for talking to people, and if folks were an ass you could just block them and move on. It's a simple system, but it works for most folks.
As Twitter grew and became that town square experience as we knew it, folks with large followings had more need for automated...
@TechConnectify ...systems to help them curate their experience. They would just deal with a flood of too much info otherwise, some of it particularly harmful.
While Mastodon definitely hasn't been built to handle these situations, the nice thing about the system it's built on is that it allows for that flexibility, so different folks can have different experiences.
I'm not sure if you were verified on Twitter or not, but I know a lot of those automatic filtering features were reserved for...
@gothpanda I know you're in the middle of the thread, but I need you to know right now. I was not verified.
A lot of people think I'm talking about some special filter reserved for special people. No. This was a feature that was turned on by default when I joined in 2018
@TechConnectify Damn! I don't think I ever realized there was that kind of quality filter even. That just makes the whole set of interactions even more complicated. Perfect example of what I was trying to illustrate. Just damn sorry it took me three posts to get there.
Still, thanks for that info. I can definitely understand the frustration. I wish I had any kind of advice that could actually help the situation.