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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by JimGuns on Friday November 02, 2018 @07:20AM (#18362176)
Mastodon is when you can't handle any one having an alternative option than you, so you log on to a twitter clone where you are the only person using it and are always right.
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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by jklinger410 on Friday November 02, 2018 @09:54AM (#18363006)
Or you don't want to be harassed by someone taking your conversations out of context then doxxing you and trying to ruin your life.
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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by BeetleB on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:17AM (#18363606)
As was recently demonstrated, online mob harassment is very doable on Mastodon:

http://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-...

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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by jklinger410 on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:03PM (#18364047)
Beyond the fact that I don't really believe Wil is entirely innocent in his complaints, he simply had to change instances.

He also used his real name. In fact, he didn't really take any steps to protect himself besides moving to mastadon. Large instances, after all, simply function like an unmonetized twitter.

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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by AgentME on Friday November 02, 2018 @03:06PM (#18365780)
> He also used his real name. In fact, he didn't really take any steps to protect himself

I kind of think that's the point for a celebrity on Twitter or a similar site.

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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by JimGuns on Saturday November 03, 2018 @01:49PM (#18371482)
Hard to have a completely slanted bias on social media, and then have the social media provider share your opinion.
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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by joejerryronnie on Friday November 02, 2018 @09:30AM (#18362842)
A mass-communication platform fully optimized for individual consumption.
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