Can't remember where I saw/heard it (probably on twitter LOL) but someone said that the problem w/the various rightwing social media efforts (gettr, parler, truth social, etc.) is that there were no libs to troll/own on there & so it was just a bunch of trolls trying to trigger each other.
I wonder if we're going to have anything like that dynamic here. Seeing tons of defiant-ish 'I'm a resister' type toots. Which is I think, pretty much everybody here.
Regardless tho--welcome everybody!
@rpardee I have never seen that dynamic here. Yes, most here are resister types. But trolling really isn’t a sport here that I have ever seen (although I didn’t use the site for awhile after switching devices).
@Myrth Oh, same--not so far anyway.
I may be reacting to some newbies coming in w/reflexive clenched fists b/c they've steeped so long in adversarial/ragefarmy social media.
At any rate, I dig it here & expect to keep digging it.
@rpardee I think this is different because most of us don't define ourselves in the weird way that those on the extreme right do. Like I am not here to "own" people with my hot takes. Who knows though any insulated echo chamber can be detrimental.