One of the things I find least attractive about masto at this point is the treatment of all things political as a verboten subject. We just bombed another country. I have friends who are scared about getting deported. I also have friends who will lose their jobs due to funding cuts. I guess I'm supposed to ignore all that? Yes, it's depressing, but I worry if communities try to pretend this stuff doesn't exist they'll just let it happen.
@nirak It does seem like it will lean heavily towards social media isolationism.
On the other hand, I suppose someone could start a politics-heavy instance.
@SafteyBot I was thinking about his too. Will we split into islands of interaction? Social justice, politics, art, etc? What happens when I exist across these things or want to move between them?
@nirak as far as I can tell, the federation will spread content arouind, but if individual instances start blocking eachother, we could end up with a very curated/echo chambery service.
Which some people would love, and others hate. It's interesting to watch and see how it goes.