fletch44 t1_ivd5up2 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 2:16 AM

Reply to comment by UnkindlyDisagree in Twitter Rival Mastodon's Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media by Doener23

I think it's a feature to not have that kind of person on the network.

Average intelligence of the user base goes up, and there are fewer trolls.

It's not hard to do a bit of reading and learning before engaging with the platform. Well, not hard for thoughtful, intelligent people.

despitegirls t1_ivde8q8 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 3:24 AM

If you're looking to grow a social platform, looking at people who don't want to think about selecting a server as unintelligent would be a horrible way to go about it.

fletch44 t1_ivdh0n2 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 3:48 AM

Growth = death of quality for social media. Happens to everything. Every subreddit that gets big gets shit unless it is heavily moderated.

Most people are just stupid and annoying. Sorry but that's the truth, and if you worked with the general public you would agree.

I believe Churchill had something to say about the best argument against democracy being a 5 minute conversation with a typical voter.

despitegirls t1_ivdmuj7 wrote on November 7, 2022 at 4:41 AM

Social networks need users in order to be useful. We can disagree what that number is, and I agree that there's a point at which additional users don't add benefit. I don't think Mastadon is at that point, but obviously ymmv.