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   Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 22:57:12 JST Artemis

   I think one of the biggest changes in how I communicate online came after moving to Fedi. For the most part now I am able to have serious conversations with people who share my values, without being constantly pulled into squabbles with assholes who are wasting my time.

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     Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 23:05:05 JST Artemis

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     I'm happy to have some back & forth, receive new information from people, get called out if I'm fucking up, etc.

     But I do not fucking need jerks who just want to cause problems wasting the energy which I could spend on good, important conversations.

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     Artemis (artemis@dice.camp)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 23:05:08 JST Artemis

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     In that regard, Twitter was even more hellish than I realized. I wanted to be talking with people who are also trying to make the world a better place, but instead I was getting worn down & distracted by the people trying to make it worse.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 16-Jan-2026 23:08:25 JST Rich Felker

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     @artemis This is really the difference between good and bad/no moderation. We shouldn't have to deal with bad faith engagement.

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     BenAveling (benaveling@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 00:15:19 JST BenAveling

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     • Rich Felker

     It’s also the difference between conscious boosting (someone must think a thing is worth boosting) and algorithmic boosting (all engagement is considered good)
     @artemis @dalias