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Lysander said:
It did indeed. Because its chief cause was to make money and explain the fights away as human nature rather than try better to control them. It didn't care if the fights got worse or if people's mental health deteriorated, or people killed themselves from being on Twitter because, well, that's humans doing human things, right??

Free software, the cause behind it, has always been "do one thing and do it well" and, in this case, Mastodon was always about creating a safe, cohesive community.
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C Kent said:
Would you say that his sttatement is.. toxic?
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Lysander said:
How can you quantify that statement? It's impossible without some kind of evidence [which will be subjective anyway]. It's an extremely damaging thing to say. There are people who are reading this, who will take that in and think, "oh, so I am not on the end of toxic behaviour, maybe it's my fault?" and will begin questioning themselves. That's an awful train of thought to have to deal with.

"Some of", fine, OK, understandable. But 90%? I would urge you to reconsider that figure. I have been on the receiving end of toxic behaviour, and one of the worst things you can do is start believing [as these people make you do] that it's actually your problem.

I am sorry, I am going slightly off topic, but I couldn't let that comment go. I think it's a very irresponsible thing to write on a public forum and it's important that it's addressed.
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I honestly often feel it’s higher than 90%
 
Only been a few days but Mastodon goes deeper than I thought. I didn't realise the Mastodon network was not just limited to Mastodon itself, but it links with other alternative platforms which altogether is called Fediverse. I've already seen a few friends join Pixelfed, an Instagram alternative, and it looks like I can use Mastodon to follow them. This is actually more useful than a simple "Twitter alternative".
 
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