It hurts me so much that hate in general and in particular against groups of people seems more and more accepted since our extensive social media use these days
I cannot imagine how terrible it must be on 'the receiving end' but I want to do all what I can to stop this and turn the tables
It's NOT okay to spread hate off- or online and we should not accept that
@imklg @stux I am not sure the algorithm is the problem. Online interaction seems to so often involve “forgetting” that the other person is a person. Apparently it’s easy to hate a group when you don’t remember that every group is made up of individual people.
It’s heart-breaking, but I don’t think it’s just the algorithm.
@imklg @stux I guess what I worry about is that blaming the algorithm let’s us all off the hook. I’ve seen bad behavior here on mastodon, too, where there is no algorithm and no advertising. Those things may have made that site exceptionally execrable, but they’re not necessary for people to behave horribly toward others, unfortunately.
For this to be a good place, we all have to occasionally choose to swallow the first witty reply that leaps to mind. All of us. We have to choose to be kind.
@imklg @stux I hope that, with the judicious application of moderation, this remains the sort of place we all want it to be. I’ve seen already things that make me concerned, and the reports from BlackMastodon aren’t consistently encouraging, but time will tell.
I guess I’ll believe it’s working when the “traditional” targets of hate say it’s working. I want to believe!
