Amber  (aka kemona_halftau)13h ago
i really wish folks here would be just a little more direct about others' behaviors

maybe im just excessively sensitive about them, but i dont think subposts do anything productive at all

i really do appreciate feedback on my behavior, and i dont want anyone to need to feel nervous giving it

some things arent obvious to everyone, even if they seem obvious to you

i'd really appreciate a dm or something before getting blocked/remove-followed, otherwise i have no idea what i did wrong (although ive tried dming others before blocking them in the past, and it is quite exhausting)

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Show threadMisofist10h ago

@kemona_halftau

I make subposts semi-often, so I want to explain myself a bit here.

First of all, I hate passive-aggressive vagueposting where you know / hope that the person it's about sees it. I think this is really nasty and I've seen a lot of friends be hurt by it. So that's never my intention.

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Show threadMisofist10h ago

@kemona_halftau

I subpost sometimes when something gets boosted to my feed. I don't follower the poster, and they don't follow me.

I might not feel like I have the relationship with that user to criticise them. Or I might just feel that nitpicking an aspect of their post isn't a good first way to interact with someone.

I try to keep these subposts fairly broad so that they're applicable to people who might read them, even if a specific post inspired my post.

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Show threadMisofist

@kemona_halftau

I sometimes also subpost about people who aren't even on Fedi. Although in this case I'm likely to CW it "vaguepost" rather than "subpost".

And for what it's worth, I do try to resolve things with people before blocking them UNLESS it's obvious they are acting in bad faith.

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