My initial experience on #Mastodon was quite disheartening.
I couldn't find things I liked, and even posting didn't feel entirely safe. I once posted about a new feature on I Write Like and got berated by a respectable-looking man for using as many as 3 tags for the post. That only added to my confusion.
Everything changed yesterday thanks to your helpful replies. I no longer feel like I'm sitting on a tree stump in the middle of nothingness. I have new accounts to explore. Thank you so much!
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@iwritelike Yeah, there are some people on here who really think everyone needs to hear their unwanted opinion on everything.
Glad that didn't sour your experience!
@stefan To be honest, it did sour my experience, not dramatically and not at first, but it added to the accumulated fatigue of not really connecting with the Mastodon world, so I took a break. I didn't want to quit just because I failed to overcome an obstacle, so I returned :)
Thank you for making this place feel so welcoming now!
@iwritelike Ah, sorry to hear that!
But yeah, this is a community effort, for sure, we all need to actively call out behavior like this.
Thank you for sticking around!