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It depends on who you are. But I would actually say that the culture building within Mastodon is toxic, and I don't say this lightly. The problem with safe spaces is that it's not just bad for outsiders, but it is also bad for insiders. Also for the people trying to fit in. With GS, I feel like most of it was about embracing free software... but people didn't have to follow the same politics. Obviously, there were some clashes but people knew they could create their own platform with their own ideas... and I didn't feel so closed off. We had to learn to get along more. But this new main culture refuse to get along, they don't want to compromise... they want it their way without any regard for how others feel. They don't extend the same expectations that they want others to follow and apply it to themselves. How can you have a dialogue with that? I don't know... I got a bad impression from them. I can internalise emotional atmospheres, and their one was toxic. Even to hear people feeling like mastodon was about that culture, and watching them shun new and old instances that don't follow the new standard is overwhelming to me.