• trailing9@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    There should be default curated lists so that new users don’t have to know the platform before it can be enjoyed.

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      1 year ago

      Curation is personal and subjective.

      This is what the big Social Media don’t get either.

      What is horrendous to one user is a necessity to the other.

      • trailing9@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Right. That’s why I wrote ‘lists’.

        Linux distributions come neither with no programs nor all programs by default.

        Let people choose a distribution on sign-up. It’s a bit like choosing an instance but it should be possible to create iconic defaults that make the choice easy.

      • shagie@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        If the appearance of some social media is “there is reasonable discussion but as soon as something shows up that’s awful, discussion stops there, but it remains up for all to see” - that’s going to have difficulty brining in new people.

        Instance blocking but still giving the appearance of condoning the content is going to lead to what appears to be toxic spaces to everyone who hasn’t taken the time to carefully cultivate their block lists.

        Ignoring and personally blocking users and instances means that admins and moderators won’t have as good of a view of the health of the communities when everything ends with a troll comment that no one but new users see.