I really, deeply wish everyone would make some collective effort to unlearn the passive argumentative nature we all learned from Twitter.
Everyone always treated posts like invitations to debate or argue every point.
We deserve better than this. We don’t have to do that.
@louie actually I disagree
(and yes, Poe's Law, this is sarcasm)
@louie I happen to find it arrogant to presume to have the "right" to speak openly in a public forum & yet not feel obliged to listen when the forum talks back.
"You should hear me speak but I shouldn't have to hear you answer."
you were given one mouth but 2 ears
@Occamstazer Post on your own timeline, bozo. That's your space. You replied to me, that's my space.
If you cannot respect boundaries, you will be blocked. You have the right to speak, but not the right to speak directly into my ears.
all of this is appearing directly in my timeline.
this was posted publicly, with no limit to who could see or answer. no boundaries have been set, others cannot be faulted for crossing them.
learn how to set up a fence around your account, if you don't want to hear from anyone else.
honestly, people like this are the ones who shoot others for turning around in their driveways.
set up your own server if you want your own private space
@Occamstazer to be clear, I get where Louie’s coming from but while he and I don’t see eye to eye on what this platform’s mores are, I think your being too pugilistic. I shouldn’t have brought up sniping — equating being irascible to very real gun violence is dangerous. I urge you to retract that.
I just wanted to understand what Louie point was — I don’t want to be bummed out if he’s just going to be sour every time someone replies — but I also like his work and want to keep track of it.
It’s an open ticket. (https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/8565)
However I believe that you have the most correct answer here. Without the feature it is not possible to convey intent (at least without directly saying it).
There’s some that see this a each person’s space and some that see it as a shared space. I more of the latter and I believe the original author is of the former.
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