What does anti-trans bias in media look like?
It looks like an article about complaints over the mere existence of a transgender character in a TV show that came from less than 0.0001895% of the show’s viewers, needlessly amplifying the bigotry of an infinitesimal number of complainers and granting them unwarranted attention.
Worsened by a headline that treats the number of complaints as significant and worded as though they hold some validity.
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I've been here awhile (under another account before this one), and I do know how things are. Mastodon works differently than Xitter.
Again, there is NO ALGORITHM.
There is no algorithm because there are NO ADS.
What exactly is supposedly being sold here with "spam"?
The many hashtags I posted were so that #DoctorWhoFans could find the post I was replying to, regardless of which one they were following.
I think you're probably confused.
@TheManyVoices you don't realize that there are people who just don't fucking care if there's an algorithm because they care about stuff being spread organically instead.
this is how "xitter" used to work as well and it was fine, there wasn't always an algorithm
you being obnoxious at them isn't helping. at all. it's just annoying. you're giving advice that isn't wanted.
and that doesn't even touch the fact that your "btw let me explain to you how the fediverse works" is now showing up under the hashtag, not the original post, and noone is going to think "woah that sounds cool I'm gonna click this reply that is clearly unsolicited advice to see what the original post was"
the fediverse isn't Twitter. most people here know that.
you don't need to tell them. they know. there's a decent chance they are here precisely because it isn't like Twitter and they aren't looking for a 1:1 replacement. they aren't looking for explanations on how to use this platform "right" in your eyes
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I certainly don't feel like *I* am the one being "obnoxious" here. (Ahem) The post was in regard to Doctor Who, and I know a lot of fans on here would be interested. Hashtagging is no more "obnoxious" than RT-ing to share it. On Mastodon, the use of hashtags to highlight topics IS "organic."
If the OP doesn't want me to share, they have the option of saying so themselves. They can ask me to delete my reply-- and they haven't.
Assuming someone else's opinion for them is "obnoxious."
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