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@scottjenson I think it comes down to a few things… I see a lot of civil AI talk with folk who use the tech, so that does exist, and will presumably remain.
But there’s the notion of The Influencer, which is an impedance mismatch for the fediverse. You literally can’t be a professional influencer in the same way here. This is technical (no algo, federation, etc) but also social. No one is guaranteed an audience here. It’s opt in. That’s de facto anti-influencer. I don’t think that’s bad.
@scottjenson @Gargron The evac of Black Mastodon is a very complex and nuanced topic that was mostly fuelled by coordinated active racist harassment campaigns.
But let’s not at all try to equate what happened there with what is a general disinterest / distain / hostility for what was a computer science topic turned sociopolitical.
They are not the same.
@trisweb @cratermoon @scottjenson @Gargron by definition, no. Literally anyone can spin up a server and talk about anything/try to get more folk to listen…
But other folk have to want to listen to whatever they are saying. Servers and individuals can just decide not to. No one is guaranteed an audience, just the ability to speak.
@scottjenson @Gargron There are no blockers with the software for any community, AI or otherwise.
What’s the definition of ‘thrive’? Federation means de facto, traditional metrics like ‘reach’ and ‘engagement’ won’t ever be on a scale like a monolith like Twitter/Bsky/Threads.
Mastodon is as open as it can possibly be… in fact, it is SO open, the scale of reach you can achieve with those other platforms is literally impossible. Millions of intersecting communities, at a more human scale.
@ben the kids are alright.
@rgm fractal dick slamming.
@mekkaokereke @lisamelton I mean yes, but also, NEVER underestimate the power of white people to accept any extreme level of racism as long as they’re not directly inconvenienced by it.
@futurebird @Rob_T_Firefly Could you imagine the beatbox innovation?!?
@ethanschoonover 13/10 would buy mithril armour from again!
@futurebird big totoro vibes.
@cstross @drahardja I mean, they don’t even SHOW the purple wire.
Once again, today has the audacity to be not friday.