My experience so far here is not terribly different from Twitter, to be honest. I'm here because most of the people I care about moved. But a substantial fraction of my mentions are people interpreting my every word as uncharitably as possible and telling me what an awful person I must be.
When blocking them gets too exhausting, I'll probably just drop off, and you'll have to tell me how awful I am via email or USPS. In person by appointment only,
It's entirely possible this is happening because, in fact, I'm really awful, and people are simply reacting to my awfulness. In which case, I'm sorry I'm ruining this place for you, and I'll try to do better.
But really, I think it's scale. At peak, I had about 90K followers on Twitter. Here I already have about 12.5K. At that scale, people want you to fit their expectations.
That said, the Nazis and election crazies aren't here (yet), and that's really nice.
Just to be clear: While I appreciate your support (*blush*), I know that there are people who enjoy what I have to say - and I enjoy interacting with you, too! And I also have friends in real life.
I'm just trying to explain what the experience here looks like from my end, and the ways it's a bit broken for me.
Matt Blaze
Eli Rivera 🍉