Mastodon and the challenges of abuse in a federated system

Re:Mastodon and the challenges of abuse in a federated system by 13years on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:08AM (#17897228)

The interesting observation if I understood Wil's account correctly, is that it appears he was likely mobbed by the very people with whom he would likely share common values.

I think this speaks to a deeper more disturbing pattern of social interaction in the space of social media. In many ways I see it is regressing our ability to have real conversations in the same way we would in the real world. Animosity is building between people/groups that I'm not sure would happen to the same degree otherwise.

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Re:Mastodon and the challenges of abuse in a federated system by cvwright on Sunday September 02, 2018 @06:16PM (#17898982)

Unfortunately I think you have it backwards. Some people just really, really like to fight, and to purge heretics from the group of pure believers. It also doesn't help that the smallest misstep is sufficient to switch one from "pure believer" to "heretic" in the blink of an eye.

I'll go ahead and link the famous "whale cancer" article from SSC: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/14/living-by-the-sword/

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