Complete this sentence:

@smallcircles @fwtl

> I'm quite positively surprised at all the good social experiences people have.

Really?! This surprises me, but then perhaps I am biased precisely because I am one of those people.

@smallcircles

If anyone's Fediverse timeline is too empty, I've tried to do a list of all the ways to discover accounts and posts here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

I've also done a list of all the ways to make your own account and posts more discoverable here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse

@smallcircles a quaint town

@smallcircles cozy village when I interact with my server or closer servers, more or less a small group of people, bustling city when I explore all the rest

@smallcircles "I experience the Fediverse as the original promise of the internet" : genuine human connections without the interference of corporate interests (or algorithmic manipulation)

@smallcircles
city, but quiet weekend city time

@smallcircles A big village with highly motivated and sometimes obsessive communities with specialist interests but plenty of shared fun.

@neil @fwtl

Don't get me wrong. I am one of those people too. My social experience is a cozy village, and I love to be on the microblogs, roam the timelines.

But there is also an ugly underbelly to our onlline cultures that is not properly acknowledged and discussed, let alone deep reflection on how to bring improvements. The fediverse is first of all a technosphere. Tech is created, rolled out, and culture must adapt accordingly. Externalities and unwanted side-effects are to be dealt with later, which is not easy in an app-centric fediverse where individual devs are in the lead of making feature decisions.

As an aside see this toot: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116109447243110037

Just below the warm and fluffy surface of the cozy fedi culture there are parasocial tendencies and behavioral anti-patterns that make fedi a de-facto unsafe environment. If you don't know the mine fields and eggshells to walk on in certain areas, you may face harsh unexpected consequences, fedidrama.

We can do much better.

@smallcircles it's a manageable distraction

@_elena I totally agree with you.

Though I perceive existential threats that I have been posting heavily about the last 2 weeks. These exist for many years and are well-known, but are getting pretty urgent now. They hold risks we have not dealt with properly. Allow me to cross-ref to what I just posted in reply to @neil ..

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116159137251812698

The current fediverse is a marvel. What will the future fediverse be? That is the question.

@smallcircles Growing town in a country that could do with better public transport options (i.e. more natural links between the different applications).

@brad yes, I agree. In particular the natural and organic aspect. Revolution by evolution. Thank you.

@scottrochester that made me laugh. Thanks.

@smallcircles @RolloTreadway
https://lankum.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-town

@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

@smallcircles people obsessed with US politics when they don't even live there. That's how I experience it.

@smallcircles
Cozy Arkham Asylum.

@seufz @RolloTreadway

Nice. They certainly nailed the atmosphere. Listening now.

@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.

@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.

@smallcircles