@bloodwrites I think folks should be quicker to block other accounts or entire servers from their personal accounts. I see too many reports for accounts that aren’t breaking rules on our server or the server they’re on, but their posts annoy someone, so they report them.
@bloodwrites forums, Usenet, and IRC servers for very specific interest groups. Let alone the time before that when I was on CompuServe.
Custom rules everywhere.
It's not hard. Be a good neighbour, right?
@bloodwrites the difference is the interface. Each web forum was distinctly different and for me that signaled that I was in a different place … a mastodon client being the interface to various instances doesn’t have that. They also intertwine so conversations cross rule/topic boundaries.
I’m not really sure “how” to use any of it but I’m here and having a good time.
@bloodwrites Difference is that the server is not just a place to talk to people on that server, but all over the Fediverse. It is like choosing an email server without a written guide about how its rules differ from other email servers; you have to lurk to discover you've chosen the wrong server. On Mastodon, I ran into a server that considered criticizing racism racist, which you could not tell by lurking.
And I'm older than you. Was not only on bboards, but Usenet! On a VAX account,
@bloodwrites Having been online since those forum days in early 90s I understand your point but the real problem to us newcomers is that the Fediverse is sold as come over to Mastodon as if it is just one big network somehow powered by separate servers but still one network-We are not sold or informed on it being multiple separate distinct communities that it seems often fight with each other
@bloodwrites recognizing that that may not be familiar to a buncha folks and trying to make onboarding clearer and more accessible seems sensible, then
@bloodwrites I wouldn't say younger groups haven't been exposed to differing community rules on similar or same platforms, with stuff like Discord guilds or whatnot (granted while I am part of Gen Z, I'm a lot more used to smaller community managed sites than others in my age group)
I think it's fine to critique other servers rules and how they enforce them because they still do affect you. Like a server that abuses defederation is bound to cause problems for users both in and out of the server
@bloodwrites Oh, yah, forums, usenet, listserves, and irc. You just had to lurk, a while, and learn the ropes. Forums and lists posted rules, and there was "netiquet" and we, mostly, got along. I hear people, out in Net Land, saying, "Yah, OK, Boomer"; LOL!
@bloodwrites The difference is, forums lacked direct connection to one another (just like Discord servers @lunareclipse mentioned), so there was no boosting or federated timeline to consider.
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