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   Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 08-Mar-2026 05:50:39 JST Strypey

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   • Ruth Mottram
   • Open Risk

   @openrisk
   > The fediverse is full of "rage", some of it reflecting what is happening in the world but a lot of it performative

   ... and mostly imported from Titter or other DataFarms. I've been here long enough to have seen at least 5-6 distinct waves of arrivals from those shores (at least 3 from Titter itself, Eternal November being only the last) and the pattern is always the same. Once they're been here for a while they either calm down, or bugger off someone more ragebaity.

   @Ruth_Mottram

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     Open Risk (openrisk@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 08-Mar-2026 05:50:40 JST Open Risk

     • Ruth Mottram

     @Ruth_Mottram

     "no algorithm nudging you toward rage"

     Umm, not so sure about that part.

     The fediverse is full of "rage", some of it reflecting what is happening in the world but a lot of it performative, I suspect simply nudged on by the *implicit* algorithm of posting, boosting, see and be seen etc. To the point that mastodon had to introduce the "think before you comment" UI.

     But it is indeed from this base that we need to think forward towards more meaningful social media.

     Kermode repeated this.