Is that monospaced? I am both horrified and impressed.

Place your hand inside the box…

You bring up legitimate concerns, but I think the bigger point here is that the Fediverse is not Reddit, nor should it be. I find that fragmentation mitigates the system manipulation and “gaming” that is often tied to people who rely on exposure.

Nice try, bot. You can’t fool me with your appeal to emotions!

It looks like the OP is responsible for the upvote bots (inferred from his edit?). Maybe to prove the original point?

Agreed!

I’ve seen a few posts suggesting that related communities should be merged, but I think their current fractional states help to mitigate some toxic behaviors.

There’s more accountability in smaller groups, and less impetus for negative attention-seeking behavior.