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Love this thread from @pluralistic (https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/109566662150227973). In addition to these suggestions for social media use, please also remember that a lot of the English posts you see are from people who have learned it as an additional language. Language users who are less advanced will have a smaller vocab, so they may use words you find unsubtle or extreme or inappropriate or impolite. Try to see where language awareness, not malice, might be the problem.
Cory Doctorow's linkblog (@[email protected])

This post from Tumblr's Ghostonly is the best social media advice I've ever read: How to have a good internet experience in 8 easy steps https://www.tumblr.com/ghostonly/667966959023996928/how-to-have-a-good-internet-experience-in-8-easy

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Show threadEsther MondragónDec 25, 2022
@linguacelta @pluralistic
I fully agree with this statement and what I believe it interns to achieve, but why assume that English is/will be the language when using global social media? Perhaps that is part of the problem.
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@E_Mondragon
I was deliberately addressing my comments only to those who are reading posts made in English 😊 The politics and demographics of other frequently used languages aren’t my specialism, and I don’t feel qualified to speak about them. But I agree - the assumption that everything will be in English by default can be a real problem.
Show threadGil Friend, sustainability OGDec 26, 2022
@linguacelta @pluralistic
#9 You really don't need to have conversations with people you don't even know. (Not even if they're friends of friends.) #slowlylearnedlesson
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@gfriend
For me, the rule is “You don’t *have to* start or continue conversations with anybody at all.” Some strangers are friends you haven’t met yet; others are enemies in waiting. And some offline friends are difficult to engage with online. Leaving a conversation before it turns nasty is essential for me. But I have also made some genuine friends who started as random online strangers. I’m cautiously willing to hope that there are more of those friends in my future!
Show threadSteinar BangDec 26, 2022

@linguacelta @pluralistic I'm onboard with all of the points of the tumblr post.

Not just the points that Cory hightlights in the thread referred to.

In fact, I have only recently (sort of) broken #3, and that was prompted by a posting by @cstross when he was starting out in the #fediverse

But I've tried to keep real personal stuff out of the profile, while at the same time staying factual.

Show threadtensaimonDec 26, 2022
@linguacelta @pluralistic I post a lot in Japanese (in which I am competent but far from native), I do know of at least one incidence where I used the wrong word by mistake and it did cause miscommunication and a bit of offense
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@tensaimon
When we’ve absorbed a language naturally from a young age, it’s easy to assume that certain types of linguistic convention are universal “common sense”, and that therefore anyone who breaks those conventions is doing it deliberately. It’s something I always tried hard to raise with students when I was teaching English as an additional language, because I didn’t want them causing offence unless they really intended to!