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I had a minor quibble with something @jeffjarvis wrote on here. Were this Twitter, I would have quote tweeted him, and posted *about* him. Since Mastodon doesn't have a quote tweet, I just replied, meaning I was speaking *to* him.
It might seem small, but it's differences like these that, all together, make this particular communication technology conducive to a different, much more pleasant, kind of discourse—and I'm 💯 here for it.
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@jeffjarvis Yes, totally! It really is interesting to see how things I took for granted about the Twitter experience—both for better and for worse—when tweaked even a little bit and put in combination with social norms can nudge discourse into very different patterns.
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@jeffjarvis @jsbw it took me a while to realize that QTs were so unhelpful. Not having them, and bring “in” a conversation instead of off separately helps people to think differently about the interaction. And the default of not hiding replies but instead showing them and allowing the user to then pull the thread/conversation for more context is a better interaction.
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@jsbw Amen, my neighbor. I just posted similarly about another exchange. The willingness here to negotiate understanding if not agreement -- and norms -- is critical to the healtheir environment we see. Hoping Twitter emigres such as myself don't screw it up. 🤝