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Nice. They certainly nailed the atmosphere. Listening now.
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@smallcircles people obsessed with US politics when they don't even live there. That's how I experience it.
@maikel I think you can't blame them with US being a global superpower and all, and how the world order is radically changed by all this. Difficult times, and it seeps very broadly in all timelines. I think in other social media it will be no different.
If you'd curate your feed to only include people who deliberately shun the political debate, might bring good improvement I think.
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@smallcircles A strange fascinating party with lots of different pods with wildly different conversations or lectures or readings or music or gallery shows or cooking or comedies or what have you all going on, and everyone welcomes you in.
@pattykimura
This is not far from my own experience but I would just add the Fediverse is obviously supposed to generate other places of interest with new unknown forces and expressions.
So, to my previous description with an analogy to the harbour, https://gotosocial.social/@nelfan/statuses/01KJN0JGW7EES2ANFKWBB0ZRJF, I would add this is obviously a starting point for those who have good ideas to go further and find other convenient places to build new harbours.
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@maikel I think you can't blame them with US being a global superpower and all, and how the world order is radically changed by all this. Difficult times, and it seeps very broadly in all timelines. I think in other social media it will be no different.
If you'd curate your feed to only include people who deliberately shun the political debate, might bring good improvement I think.
@smallcircles I don't see any mention of US politics at all, in Instagram. Not once.
People can be worse than algorithms.
I'm not saying elsewhere is better. What I'm saying is the fediverse is no utopia.
My feed is very carefully curated, and yet it still filters in.
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@smallcircles I had to think for a moment but I think I'd call it a space station. A place kinda out if this world ( as it's in direct violation of the corporate model of profit above all else). Where all kinds of fabulous aliens can exchange tips, ideas and convers on many different subjects in a mostly calm and civil manner while they wait to refuel
@Iloo travelers on an adventure together shuttling back and forth. I like your description.
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@smallcircles "I experience the Fediverse as the original promise of the internet" : genuine human connections without the interference of corporate interests (or algorithmic manipulation)
@_elena @smallcircles it's like going back to USENET and I love it.
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@smallcircles I don't see any mention of US politics at all, in Instagram. Not once.
People can be worse than algorithms.
I'm not saying elsewhere is better. What I'm saying is the fediverse is no utopia.
My feed is very carefully curated, and yet it still filters in.
@maikel certainly not an utopia. In a chain of links weaving a social fabric
I will pass on this post quote..https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116159153490621069
> My feed is very carefully curated, and yet it still filters in.
Yes, the tools we have can be much improved to offer more support for Personal social networking.
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...as the village cafe.
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@smallcircles Wonderful place to learn.
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@smallcircles @benroyce Toronto.
A diverse patchwork of cozy neighbourhoods all cobbled together to become a bustling city.
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@maikel certainly not an utopia. In a chain of links weaving a social fabric
I will pass on this post quote..https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116159153490621069
> My feed is very carefully curated, and yet it still filters in.
Yes, the tools we have can be much improved to offer more support for Personal social networking.
@smallcircles the problems are
1. Pics of Trump face with no trump text, so filters don't work.
2. Pics of Elon face with...see point 1. Like that all other US rage-producing club of billionaires or MAGAs.
3. Using tags as "USpol" requires manual intervention, nobody does.
4. Mastodon follows BOOSTS of whoever you add by default, instead of making those opt-in
5. People don't use alt-text so filters at least filter Trump face becaus eof the alt-text.
6. The worst one: people use other names instead to call them so filters don't work.What commercial media gets right:
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@smallcircles the problems are
1. Pics of Trump face with no trump text, so filters don't work.
2. Pics of Elon face with...see point 1. Like that all other US rage-producing club of billionaires or MAGAs.
3. Using tags as "USpol" requires manual intervention, nobody does.
4. Mastodon follows BOOSTS of whoever you add by default, instead of making those opt-in
5. People don't use alt-text so filters at least filter Trump face becaus eof the alt-text.
6. The worst one: people use other names instead to call them so filters don't work.What commercial media gets right:
1. They have the power to guess......to guess what's on a picture, and add it, so when you tell them "I'm not interested in Trump" it actually filters him forever.
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"I experience #fediverse as a .."
@smallcircles meadow where old man yells at clouds
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@smallcircles Bustling ghost village ftw
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@smallcircles Cosy neighbourhood in a bustling city.
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...to guess what's on a picture, and add it, so when you tell them "I'm not interested in Trump" it actually filters him forever.
@maikel that is a great list of points. I won't boost, or you get more of what you don't want, but you might consider filing a fediverse idea..
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues
Some of these can be mitigated by nurturing cultural habits.
> 6. The worst one: people use other names instead to call them so filters don't work.
This one in particular. Besides references to toxic people you see it too with folks saying Gaggle, GMAFIA, Farcebook, etc.
Often these names are used in someone's "activism package", but using them is imho more performative to an existing in-group than that they constructively appeal to others and persuade them to join the good cause.
I posted something related to this today. See CALM culture in..
The acronym also litterally means that our social media culture becomes calmer, and there's better separation to where there's activism, and where the natural talk of the town.
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@smallcircles Bustling ghost village ftw
@androcat aha, do you mean you find it hard to get information and connections around your interest areas?
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@androcat aha, do you mean you find it hard to get information and connections around your interest areas?
@smallcircles No, I love ghosts, they have the coolest stories, and I don't have to deal with those pesky living people with their racism and their hate.
I also love villages, they're livable, they're walkable and the only real problem is being stuck out in the middle of nowhere, and that downside doesn't really apply online.
And bustling: Every place is full of people I want to hear from.I don't have the time to hear from all of them, but that's just the FOMO speaking.
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@smallcircles New York subway, 02:00 AM.
*Disclaimer: I have never set foot in New York*
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@maikel that is a great list of points. I won't boost, or you get more of what you don't want, but you might consider filing a fediverse idea..
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas/issues
Some of these can be mitigated by nurturing cultural habits.
> 6. The worst one: people use other names instead to call them so filters don't work.
This one in particular. Besides references to toxic people you see it too with folks saying Gaggle, GMAFIA, Farcebook, etc.
Often these names are used in someone's "activism package", but using them is imho more performative to an existing in-group than that they constructively appeal to others and persuade them to join the good cause.
I posted something related to this today. See CALM culture in..
The acronym also litterally means that our social media culture becomes calmer, and there's better separation to where there's activism, and where the natural talk of the town.
@smallcircles feel free to boost.
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