“If you’ve ever hosted a potluck and none of the guests were spouting antisemitic and/or authoritarian talking points, congratulations! You’ve achieved what some of the most valuable companies in the world claim is impossible.”

  • JustinHanagan@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    The success metric is a vibrant, happy community, not MAUs or engagement numbers, so they make decisions accordingly.

    YES well said. An instance is measured by it’s quality, not it’s profitability.

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      1 year ago

      Twitter has always encouraged gawking at horrible behavior, and its culture has norms like “ratio” which promote “bad examples” so that they can be publicly shamed.

      Let’s not be like Twitter.

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        1 year ago

        Well, an instance can choose to behave like twitter, but everyone else can federate with them or not at their discretion.