this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
784 points (95.8% liked)
Fediverse
17776 readers
41 users here now
A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.
Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".
Getting started on Fediverse;
- What is the fediverse?
- Fediverse Platforms
- How to run your own community
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
The cope is strong. Let’s not pretend fewer active users is a good thing. It just means people are unhappy and are leaving.
But just remember: Some of those people that are not staying are the types of people you wouldn't want to interact with anyway. If the roughly 10k people who quit were Nazis (for example), it's a good thing.
But they obviously aren't all Nazis
Hmm... I think we need to conduct some exit interviews to gather data before we start making any assumptions.
About as useful as the 'have you ever or are you planning to participate in a genocide' tickbox on immigration forms.
Although there's a troubling part of me that worries that Nazism has been normalised enough that people would willingly say yes.