I have to agree with you, like it's still kind of a problem on Mastodon where people aren't always civil, even though it's also an open protocol sort of deal, but I think when you strip out the algorithm and the incentive to be knee-jerk angry, it honestly does create a nicer environment. Something I think a lot of us kind of learned from Twitter where reacting quickly, and over-the-top got you follows, it got you views, and clicks, and it became this thing we were trained to do ... like digital dogs, almost? You know? And I also think transmitting value to others, in a real tangible way kind of even further dilutes that knee-jerk reaction. I agree that people should be responsible for curating their own feeds. Make your space what you want it to be. One of the things that drives me up the wall on Mastodon, even still today, is people demanding others censor their own content for people who don't want to see it ... when the tools to not see things you don't want, are always right in front of the user making demands of others.