In our most recent Mastodon for Android release, we’re testing a new feature aimed to curb unneccesary negativity that comes from being on the Internet.
If you’re the kind of person who needs an etiquette reminder, you’re probably not going to listen to it, and everyone else already knows how to interact like a human.
Fortunately, I don’t use the official app so I won’t see this rubbish.
Sometimes just holding up that mirror is enough to remind people. I think we overestimate how much bad activity on the web is active maliciousness and how much is the occasional poorly thought out post on a bad day
I dunno, it might just make the “reply guys” who post without thinking reconsider for a second… A lot of people on Mastodon welcome the feature, because a lot of bigger accounts have complaining lately about completely unhelpful and unnecessarily negative replies.
Patronising shite.
If you’re the kind of person who needs an etiquette reminder, you’re probably not going to listen to it, and everyone else already knows how to interact like a human.
Fortunately, I don’t use the official app so I won’t see this rubbish.
Sometimes just holding up that mirror is enough to remind people. I think we overestimate how much bad activity on the web is active maliciousness and how much is the occasional poorly thought out post on a bad day
I dunno, it might just make the “reply guys” who post without thinking reconsider for a second… A lot of people on Mastodon welcome the feature, because a lot of bigger accounts have complaining lately about completely unhelpful and unnecessarily negative replies.