this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2025
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All of them are working as intended, can't ask for much more than that. I don't think it's healthy to get caught up in subscribers and all that too much. Things are generally trending positively, good enough for me.
There's been a disappointing uptick in negative interactions on the fediverse lately (IMO) and that's more disturbing to me than community numbers. Some (again, IMO) questionable decisions are being made in some of the larger places on the fediverse but a lot of it is users taking it as a challenge or a right of passage to get banned from communities or instances so they can meme and rant about it. It's silly behavior and we can do better than this.
It should be limited to groups banning each other and ignoring each other (after all, that's the point of the Fediverse, to be able to ignore whoever you want and create your own space), but LW latest announcement just brought all the drama to the next level.
They still have to do another one, not sure if I'm looking forward to it or afraid they mess up again.
The problem is that toxicity leeches out across the fediverse which stifles growth as more and more negativity makes it to front pages around the web. I don't have the solution either but I do think more accountability is needed for users and moderators across the fediverse.
Due to human nature, drama is "juicy", people like to witness it, and may even pick teams in a conflict. That's unfortunate indeed, but not sure what we can do about it.
Discourage it instead of fanning the flames. Take a stance against bad faith actors and trolls, the same shit we've always done.
I think out of desperation to grow and thrive a lot of things are being let go and ignored. As always, this will only lead to things deteriorating until the place is detestable like Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Instead of embracing the things we can do better than those platforms we've carved out a space on many of the major instances for the worst of these people, and that's a mistake IMO.
Who's the bad faith actor between vegans and carnivores?
Look at the science you will know.
Don't know, I don't engage with that nonsense.
Editing to add:
Let's not pretend there aren't shitheads on every side of every argument. If people are behaving in ways that aren't what the home instances want, they should be dealt with by their instance admins and moderation. Doesn't matter if you eat meat, plants, or paint chips. We don't have to be like this, it's a choice.
Fair