Such an important observation!
"Ad-driven social media platforms are willing to tolerate monumental volumes of abusive users [because] hate and fear drives engagement, and engagement drives ad impressions.
Mastodon is not an ad-driven platform. There is absolutely zero incentives to let awful people run amok in the name of engagement."
https://escapingtech.com/tech/opinions/i-was-wrong-about-mastodon-moderation.html
Mike Taylor /
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2023-07-15 21:33:48
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