Semi-public conversation feels more human than private channels
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the sort of semi-public federated nature. of mastodon makes it feel Makes it feel more like you're having a personal discussion where you're going back and forth with a person in an open space, like in public.
Episode 264: Podcast Plebicide (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:23:14 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Dave noticed that debates go better on the semi-public, federated Mastodon than in fully private spaces like Signal, Slack, email or text. Mastodon feels like a hallway conversation that others can overhear and join. Private, isolated channels have no real-world equivalent, and he thinks they distort our attention and narrow our focus.