Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jul 30, 2023

A lion's share of the people @kissane surveyed responded that they left #Mastodon because they got yelled at, scolded and lectured when they were here. One major source for this appears to be unrealistic expectations for the use of content warnings.
I have been lectured for CWs & for posts that contradicts an "accepted" narrative. I feel surprisingly horrid after each lecture 😅
I like its decentralised nature, but it can get toxic here.

#SocialMedia #GoodRead

https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt

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@liztai I remember that it was in relation to food and you are a Malaysian. But then I think back to our lockdown in Sydney and how we live in a very white area with only a single Asian grocery for over 230,000 people. And I think of how hard it was to get a decent Malaysian meal when we'd run out of ingredients and...

Oh, just keep posting it. We ain't in lockdown anymore and my hunger is my problem! 😁

Jul 30, 2023 at 12:42amWeb
Show threadElizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Jul 30, 2023
@allrite thanks! What many don't realise is that food is very central to South East Asian cultures too. Telling us to gate those content is akin to saying that what matters to us is offensive to you, which brings up a whole lot of resentment.