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 threadJef PoskanzerJun 20, 2024
@kissane 🙄
Show threadErin KissaneJun 20, 2024

@jef wait what?

they deleted "if only there was some way to prevent unwanted replies"???

Show threadJef PoskanzerJun 21, 2024
@kissane Yep. Bizarre.
Show threadErin KissaneJun 21, 2024
@jef Someone must have reported it as a taunt or something?? Let me know if you need me to testify on your behalf lol
Show threadJef Poskanzer
@kissane I just figured some of your dogpilers spilled over onto me.
Jun 21, 2024 at 12:20amWeb
Show threadMatt BlazeJun 21, 2024
@jef @kissane What the hell?
Show threadJef PoskanzerJun 21, 2024
@mattblaze @kissane Well that's what I get for being on a small disreputable instance.
Show threadPaul HoffmanJun 21, 2024
@jef @kissane Dogpilers spilling over onto you is a disturbing picture. Please bathe well, and maybe take a rabies test just to be sure.