This facilitator speaks with experience. They know what happens in social landscapes. In this case they understand what is happening in Mastodon as “Twitter refugees” try to blend with the “OG” (aka old school) instances and their folk. We must share this kind of authentic voice. It is worth a slow read.
Xanny.eth (@xanny@codeine.world)
My thoughts on the fediverse, and I will flesh these out in a blog post either tonight or over the weekend, but speaking as someone with experience moderating forums and subreddits I see the same p…
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Thanks .. this is a good read and insightful …
“First and foremost, big communities are always low quality compared to small tight-knit communities.” — Xanny
Small clusters of connected people are always more vibrant … but larger gatherings bring the possibility of finding new, and interesting, voices.
How to have the best of both worlds is a conundrum no social network has been able to figure out, I think *but I could be wrong.
Kevin
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Thanks for sharing. I’m seeing a lot of reflections like this.
In 2013 when we met via the first CLMOOC do you recall how many people were involved? Then a few years later, how many were in the G+ group?
Do those numbers compare to some of the current instances on Mastodon? I’m asking because “scale” and “size” are relevant terms with probably different meaning for different people.
I don’t think Mastodon will ever replace what Twitter offered. I’ve been lucky so far to not having been harasser. I block people posting things I’m offended by. I use my lists, and hashtags, to narrow my focus. For instance when I click #clmooc I’m confident of finding you, Kevin and several other “regulars”.
At the same time, when I scroll the larger timeline I’m often pleasantly surprised by some of the information and ideas posted by people I don’t know and have never met.
Mastodon offers a similar flow of information, just from a much, much smaller group of contributors.