@evacide 😝

@evacide I hate to hear that for you.

@evacide I am sorry, I didn't read that until I replied 😅

@evacide
I assume most privacy nerds with opinions are on here. Its hilarious how unaware people can be of themselves. I'm sorry :c

@evacide I do this sometimes accidentally when I try to "yes and" but it comes across more "no but"

@evacide 😂😩

@evacide I wonder how hard it would be to try and determine if 'I am not interested in debating this' increases the number of replies or not?

Like actually have for each post federating it with and without that bit and see which version generates more replies.

@evacide I see what you are saying but disagree. Let me explain in 12 parts.

1/12

@evacide Reduce the amount of platforms. I have done that. Gives me air.

@evacide I'd expect this on Twitter but not going to debate on it 🙂

@evacide It turns out the hellsite was inside us all along?

@evacide At least for some of those other platforms, it may a sign they're dying from lack of non-automated participation.

I noticed after I came to Mastodon, it soon became the only place people would respond, even when the same post was made on the Birb too. I eventually gave up cross-posting to the Birb because there were no longer signs of life there. Since you have a much bigger audience, that's probably why it took you longer to notice.

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It is certainly the most neurodivergent platform I’m on, and that does frequently come with a side of “somebody’s wrong on the internet”.
(It’s me; I’m the drama.)

@evacide I recall Twitter being a lot like this for me, back before the leno kmsuc days.

Huh. I should try it here and see what happens.

@evacide kind of amazed that didnt happen on twitter

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I'm glad you wrote that post. I really enjoyed going through the responses.
🤓

@evacide Some reply-controls (like bsky has) would be pretty dope for this exact reason. Maybe one day!

@evacide related?

@evacide Why won't you debate me? I just want a discussion! Why aren't you willing to debate, huh? What, you can't take my condescending comments facts and logic??

@evacide well, you say you are only uninterested in debating, and not setting a clear boundary. some people have trouble parsing this subtle bit about your interests as actually an instruction not to debate. (half /s)

@evacide
Because there are many other apps you can use, and people here know this. Talk to us, we are your unreal friends=)

@evacide I am *begging* Mastodon devs to prioritize adding a way to turn off or limit replies, why are we so far behind on shit like this, why does this get actual debate every time it gets brought up

@evacide I love the fediverse but there are some debatey mfers on here, that's for sure

@evacide@hachyderm.io

Of all the social media platforms, Fedi's about the only one I've seen anything resembling debate and not merely argument.

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@evacide Because this platform has a gigantic reply guy and lack of understanding of consent problem (and I am not free of contributing to that when I don't stop and think before posting/replying)

@evacide Is Mastodon the only platform you are? 😅

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@evacide the true debate was the posts we ignored along the way

@evacide
Yer not the boss of us!

@evacide
let's have long discussion about this "not debating this".

@evacide Honestly, I should just mute the phrase "I am not interested in debating this", any toot containing it isn't worth reading.

It's someone making an assertion, but being unwilling to defend it, which is just wasting everyone's time.

Well-reasoned argument might rarely change minds, but cross-shouting contrary assertions never does; it just stokes division and violence.

@evacide must be you're perfume

@evacide *Adds to my bookmarks of posts to show the "but I never have any issues on this platform" types*

@evacide

Some of us have *opinions* and we just wanna tell you all about them.

Block early, block often.

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This seems like a trap.

🤔

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@RiaResists
That's not true.😁

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Want to discuss this?

@evacide Mastodon is so toxic. I ate one once. Ended up in hospital.

@evacide joining mastadon is a pretty odd move to begin with

@evacide I think mastodon has attracted an audience who like to pettifog, and Lord, am I over that

@evacide You don’t think that’s similar to putting up a WET PAINT sign?

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LMFAO 🤣 🤣 🤣

@evacide turning the thing off works too @evacide

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Sorry to ask, but I'm really new to all of this.
Mastodon is the only platform I ever used, no X, facebook, instagram, ... in my past.
So, if you post something, isn't it because you like to hear the opinions of others?
And if you don't, why post it?

@evacide Usenet-on-Rails

@evacide are you only Mastodon? Because I'd expect that pretty much anywhere on the Internet.

@evacide It's because Mastodon doesn't have the feature of being able to disable replies, and Reply Guys are everywhere in the world. The reason virtually every SMS platform is like this is because they are all written by men, who think the Internet exists for them to Be Right Always.

@evacide In all fairness: one can use your post to debate that topic with other people. One of the fascinating things on Mastodon are discussions in my threads with me only as (very) distant observer 😁.

@evacide has a ton to do with it being the favored platform for people within your field

@evacide I think there's an XKCD explaining this: https://xkcd.com/386/ , even if they're the people who are actually in the wrong.

The internet is full of contrarians.

@evacide happens everywhere to be honest.

"Do not" doest offer directions.

"I do not want to discuss this" means people will want to know why not, its how we were conditioned

@evacide Maybe because here at least you get read, even if the request isn't followed. However - if you don't want a debate, well, just ignore any replies!
As a side note - what's the point of posting into thin air, wanting no debate? Just pop your head out the window and shout instead? 😀

@evacide well in my opinion…..

@evacide Maybe a social media phenomene? For me, it got much better, since I left Xitter and use Mastodon as my main presence.

@evacide I’m surprised there are social networks (?) where that doesn’t happen. Would you mind sharing where else you’re at? I’d welcome trying something else.