I'm drawn to this, feel there's something precious abt a place that feels safer to remove some armor and be vulnerable w simple joys n creative projects n taking social risks in public not DMs...
but also I do feel like it's important to have space for all kinds of positive interactions including sharp disagreements n realness abt negative emotions n even space for less-socially-skilled ppl to fumble and be annoying so they can learn
some theories abt why the difference... 1) time, 1st day of school effect 2) invite selection effect- ppl who are enjoyable being pulled in first n just more of them rn 3) invite selection setting a *tone* 4) scaling- no audience means no stakes, not worth a fight 5) smol UX diffs change behavior
6) lack of highbie-lowbie dynamic? imo twitter suffers from highbies becoming reactive n negative, common imo it's the scale itself- too many DMs n mentions piling up n some containing aggro energy, ofc you put up defenses n complain... vs lowbies feeling unheard and ignored if no engagement