Absolutely no surprise there. When you keep the barrier to entry low and throw in an algorithm to increase “engagement” via outrage, the soup turns to poison quickly.

This is why every time someone says the Fediverse is “too confusing,” I just smile and nod. That attitude of petulant, lazy, self-imposed gatekeeping is what’s keeping the Fediverse a much nicer place to be.

Honestly apps like Threads and Twitter should just be a containment site for these types of people. Let them be…

Great, and they’re going to try to federate? Hope it doesn’t go well for them.