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.
It’s so ingrained that lots of people don’t realize they’re doing it. They think they’re just “making conversation.”
There are so many ways of making conversation that aren’t just contradicting the person.
That doesn’t mean the only option is to agree either! These are false choices you don’t have to adhere to.
Put frankly: people don’t care about opinions from people they wouldn’t ask advice from.
Stop offering your opinion to people who don’t even know you. They don’t care.
For any of that to have meaning or weight, you’ve gotta have some kind of rapport or relationship with them.
Offering your opinions without those things is completely meaningless.
"Stop offering your opinion to people who don’t even know you. They don’t care."
You're posting this on a social website with the functionality to allow anyone to see it and respond to it. Literally putting your opinion out there to strangers then getting upset someone you don't know responds with a comment. No one is randomly crashing into your discord or dming you.
Maybe have a private chat/posts for just people you know if thats all you want. Maybe find a blog or a platform that allows you to disable comments if you don't like comments.
People are interacting because it's built in functionality of the website and to not really made to be a one way or private thing. It's a product of the features offered by the platform.
@borkcorkedforks you are not entitled to my time or attention, regardless of what UI is presented to you. UI is a tool, not an instruction manual. How you use the tool should adhere to social contracts and personal boundaries.
Be gone.
@louie you seem to be doing a lot of what you are preaching at people not to do.
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Louie Mantia, Jr.
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