Andrew

@NewtonMark@mastodon.social @jaystephens@mastodon.social @aqualung@mstdn.io I think this misses some nuance. Mastodon has made deliberate design decisions about quoting, algorithmic ranking and search that mitigates some of the worse things about Twitter. They don't eliminate them all but they help

@NewtonMark@mastodon.social @jaystephens@mastodon.social @aqualung@mstdn.io you can but it doesn't alert the person, so that is better. I know what you're saying, I agree to a point, but I also accept that there's UI and platform design choices that make a difference here, and mostly for the better. We'll see how things evolve.

@NewtonMark@mastodon.social @jaystephens@mastodon.social @aqualung@mstdn.io I think the difference is that one site made money from tech choices that ended up, deliberately or otherwise, encouraging assholery and other base behaviours, so the fact this one doesn't should make it better in some ways. It definitely won't solve assholes, though.