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"They need us. We don't need them:" The fall of Twitter is making the trolls and grifters desperate (www.salon.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It was because most instances were invite only. It wasn't because they weren't wanted, but because most instances are humble small servers paid or run by individuals. Unlike the massive data centers that most social media companies have at their disposal. Only a few instances had the capacity to receive the waves of massive exodus. The limitation was technical, not ideological. Guess they took it personal and confused why something was being done.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    No, there was a lot of pushback against new users coming in and "acting like it's Twitter". General interest instances grew, people, for the most part, operated within the rules of the instances they were on, and a bunch of the old guard got on peoples cases over things like content warnings, language policing, and threats to defederate their small, niche instance that no one was going to miss from big and growing servers (which, when you have absolutely no idea about the lay of the land, sounds really threatening and consequential).

    People who were used to having almost the whole yard as their own tailored safe space did what they could to try and make the new folks get in line and adhere to the social conventions they were accustomed to, attempting to hold sway over behaviour on servers they didn't really want around anyway. It made the space hostile for new folks coming in.

    And it was meant to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I didn't experience any of that, and I'm in a rather small instance that grew exponentially. People posted customary reminders of etiquette. But I've never ever seen anyone hostile or drama stirring about culture policing. But I guess it helps that I was never into the whole Twitter's rage baiting circlejerk that people liked to participate in.

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