Looked up someone who used to be on here (@vicki, basically stopped posting in March) and went back to their Twitter, and found this exchange. Don’t know how representative it is, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it is for a number of “lost” fediverse users. I know vicki tried for a while. Don’t really know how I feel about this.
Full Twitter thread if you’re interested: https://twitter.com/vboykis/status/1651236034628186113
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FeralRobots
in reply to maegul • • •Content warning: Mastodon meta: negative narrative
The baseline assumption in Mastodon space when I came on board could be fairly glossed as 'easy discovery is bad.'
That didn't inherently have anything to do with being techie. Had a lot to do with having been discovered & hounded on Twitter.
They say they favor community, but lack of discovery ends up meaning you have to form community through EXISTING communities.
No good way to form a new community on an existing server.
FeralRobots
in reply to FeralRobots • • •vagabond
in reply to FeralRobots • • •This is a view of one "tribe" on the fedivers, there are meany, to be welcome here is to #DIY build and nurture your tribe. As you say this is not as easy as #mainstreaming but it is what the #openweb is about. And yes the intolerant crew often do not help, this is a part of #DIY culture as well.
Talking about the #mainstreaming crew, they can be intolerant too http://hamishcampbell.com/2023/05/09/look-these-guys-are-covered-in-mess-we-cant-work-with-them/