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@taylorlorenz

So now we have Gargron rushing in to put out the PR fires with a proposal to "Improve the quality of conversations on Mastodon" by cloning the Twitter Nanny to chide people who dare reply to people they don't actively know in a sufficiently deferential manner

"We also believe that by showing a bit of information about the person you’re about to talk to, we can prevent some awkward situations, such as explaining something to an expert in a given field"

So

Back into our little Walled Gardens(tm) where we converse only with those we already know

Hey!

Wasn't that exactly what Mastodon was supposed to *not* be?

A Walled Garden(tm)?

Guess it depends on who builds and enforces the Wall

Doesn't it always?

Ref: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/11/improving-the-quality-of-conversations-on-mastodon/