Erin KissaneJun 20, 2024

Men I don’t know have been yelling at me for about 24 hours about how I am promoting toxicity and misinformation and am a narcissist and a bully in replies to my short thread about how it would be super nice to have control over replies here. To give people who for some reason don’t find people yelling at them to be the highest form of online communication a way to participate in public life online.

Many perfectly reasonable comments agreeing and disagreeing, but like…lordy.

Show threadErin KissaneJun 20, 2024

The most recent one is, I guess, accusing me of sending him unwanted DMs by…replying to him in public?

I guess Mastodon is confusing even to FOSS guys sometimes!

Show threadErin KissaneJun 20, 2024
Anyway! I could do without another three days of childishness but the only way to stop it is to delete my posts, and I used to do that regularly but then I realized that actually encourages them so nah.
Show threadGlyphJun 20, 2024
@kissane Sorry that you are dealing with this. You're one of the most thoughtful people writing about these topics … well, probably in the world. I'm glad you're not letting the assholes win here but it sure sucks that they are nevertheless able to exact a toll every time.
Show threadErin Kissane
@glyph Eghhh thank you, that’s extremely kind. I could easily avoid pushback by just not talking about the stuff I talk about or maybe by being more obsequious but I’m stubborn on both of those points. 🤷🏻
Jun 20, 2024 at 2:44pmWeb