@_elena there's one big difference.

On the fediverse social network when a gentle well-behaved #fedizen sees their post going viral means they know they have a duty and a freaking day job to politely handle all the insightful replies that they got.

To reasonable extent, of course. I had to throw the towel in the ring the other day: social.coop/@smallcircles/1135

On corporate social media where influencers fire-and-forget their content strikes, going viral refers to mass infection and bio warfare.