Notices by Olivier Simard-Casanova 🦋 (o_simardcasanova@mastodon.social), page 2

J’envisage sérieusement d’abandonner Mastodon.

Le ratio de conseils non-sollicités, de monsieurs je-sais-tout, et d’extrémistes donneurs de leçons qui prétendent régenter comment les autres doivent utiliser la plateforme, est beaucoup trop défavorable.

Il suffit d’ailleurs de voir certaines réponses à ce post pour constater la prévalence de ces comportements toxiques.

@evan Do we know why they stopped?

@tchambers @deadsuperhero @esoteric_programmer I have the same perception.

When I was abused on a French-speaking instance because some people were mad that I wanted to provide free science communication content on Mastodon (yes, you read it right), the abuse came from a very small number of accounts. Maybe even less than 10.

I don't know what the solution is. Maybe there is no solution, and/or maybe it's already too late.

@tchambers @BeAware I’m increasingly convinced that the backslash against the bridge is actually a backlash against Bluesky. And more specifically, a very misinformed view of what Bluesky actually is.

@tchambers @BeAware Also, Mastodon itself relies on corporations

Bluesky is almost fully open source, as Mastodon is

And sure, Bluesky is currently operated by just one company. But federation may change that. And many Mastodon instances and services are also operated by companies.

Refusing to federate with Bluesky because of "corporations" should lead the people who have this stance to *also* disengage with significant portions of Mastodon. But I’m assuming they don’t.

@phiofx @molly0xfff I’m afraid the main effect it will have on devs is to scare them

I know a bunch of very talented devs who were interested to do cool stuff on Mastodon. Then the abuse came. And they left. In a "I have no plans to even *consider* Mastodon in the future" way.

Constructive criticism is necessary. But abuse, brigading and tribalism are a drag for Mastodon.

@molly0xfff So tiring, and so unproductive

@Damon YES

It is absolutely WILD to me how some people are out there shouting "consent" about the stuff they willingly post *publicly* online

You consented for your words to be processed in public the moment you pressed the "post" button on a post sets to "public"

@tchambers The way some extremists have apparently decided to ruin Mastodon for everyone else is becoming increasingly tiring

Thank you for putting some common sense into this

@fediversereport 👀

@paninid @mmasnick @seachanger @Hey_Beth Speaking from experience, yes, they can be mean and cruel

One of the worst experiences I ever had on social media was when I said that I have a legitimate use case for quote posts on Mastodon

On top of the harassment, the dog piling, and the ableism, I received a strike from my instance because, and I quote, "if you don't like Mastodon, you don't have to use it”. I wasn't saying I don't like Mastodon, I was saying quote posts would be useful for me.

It’s baffling how consistently bad #Threads’ algorithm is

On top of a shockingly low quality coming from a company with as much resources as #Meta, the real issue is the model of its algorithm itself: it’s an opaque, one-size-fits-all algorithm. It’s a completely outdated model.

As #Bluesky shows, and #Mastodon to a lesser extent (with followed hashtags), it’s possible to give users proper control over *their* timeline

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Both #Bluesky and #Mastodon have a much smaller user base compared to #Threads and yet, it’s a lot easier to find content that fits with my interests on both platforms than on Threads

Reason is simple: Bluesky and Mastodon gives me control, whereas on Threads I need to do some black magic and whatnot to try to tell the algorithm I want to see more of this, or less of that

For the user, it’s tiring and unfun. Which is also bad for Meta itself!

Once again, it’s a very outdated model

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I like working as an independent, it has a lof of advantages

But two thing I miss are having colleagues, and having a an organizational infrastructure to support me

Having to do everything on your own can be exhausting sometimes

Many communities haven’t moved to #Mastodon — and many will never move. This could be an issue, as you may need some form of critical mass of users for such a tool to make sense.

But with the rapid expansion of the #Fediverse, especially with #Threads, this question will soon be solved

Instead of pitching “subscribe to my Patreon to fund my work” and sending people to another, completely different and siloed app, people would basically be able to access private posts everywhere.

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@lutindiscret @mitra Thanks for the reference, I didn’t know this project

The more I experiment with #Mastodon and #ActivityPub more broadly, the more I am convinced that it’s possible to build a #Patreon replacement on the #Fediverse

Patreon is a closed platform, but it’s a key tool for many content creators to make a living out of their work: writers, video makers, podcasters, and so on

A Fediverse alternative would basically bridges a payment system with tiered access based on payment status

Even with #Zapier, I think it could already be done!

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@lilithsaintcrow @tchambers The simple facts they said they will *not* proactively remove Nazi content, and only remove some Nazi content, tell everything you need to know

@tokyo_0 Answers I got so far:

- "If you don’t like it here, go elsewhere" (both a straw man and logically irrelevant)
- "The feature already exists" (no, it doesn’t)
- "We don’t need this feature here" (and then proceed to show a very limited understanding of user safety, and why the feature would actually be needed)

And all of that, said to me with a very unpleasant tone

@tokyo_0 It’s also fallacious to present limiting replies as a "broadcasting" feature

It’s just not

It’s fundamentally a safety feature, designed to make sure users can still say something publicly, while limiting the amont of abuse they receive (or cut the abuse when it starts to pick up)

Telling users to publish privately to prevent abuse is quite literally playing the game of the abusers, who want to silence voices and ideas they don’t like