Post #2186148

2023-05-15 16:27 UTC

4/ In the long run people joining will choose to switch instances if they want to. Trying to guilt, shame, or badger them into doing it is what drives people away. Showing them the benefits, making doing so easier, and offering stable alternatives is what will make it work. If we want Fediverse growth then there are going to be issues like spam and managing differing perspectives without forcing users to switch instances because of them.

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@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social 2023-05-15 16:32

5/ I love you folks. Truly. I am not saying admins don't have valid complaints or that nobody *should* make their own choices about what they do with their own instances. I'm saying there are a lot of users who those choices affect and a lot of people who will write off the platform and tell everyone they know it sucks if their first experiences with this place are having to switch instances bc of resolvable dramas. I know a lot of people who did. I want to see more people find a home here.

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@donw@mastodon.coffee 2023-05-15 17:11

@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social I wish the folks who have this deep well of anger about m.s would expend 2% of the energy they put into these punitive efforts into making other instances more welcoming and accessible. It is hard for me to come to any other conclusion than that they'd be perfectly fine with folks just noping out if the alternative is m.s growth.

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@violinguy@mastodon.world 2023-05-17 00:58

@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social good thought.

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