Prof. Monophylos FortikosSome hours of reflection and distraction have only solidified my decision: whatever the solution is to my desire for a microblogging platform that encourages thoughtful discussion and is home to the broadest and most diverse possible range of interests and personalities...mastodon.social is NOT it. I have had some doubts previously, doubts I was willing for a time to set aside, but the experience of my friend @voz has exhausted my patience.
Before I go further, let me state plainly what this community has lost in driving @voz away: a fearsomely intelligent, experienced woman with immense practical knowledge in fields that, frankly, do not get the tenth part of the respect they deserve in communities dominated by gamers and programmers. That I was able by chance to meet such a person here, after years in the Twitter wilderness, _was_ one of the most important reasons I was giving Mastodon a chance.
I am an old-fashioned sort, I suppose...a relic of dusty libraries and laboratories. I do not suppose I will ever succeed in getting used to the modern world. So to see one of my best friends here being treated to superficial kibitzing about using "yt" to denote "white" gets on my last nerve. Does EVERY conversation have to be reduced to mere pop-culture reference? @voz https://mastodon.social/media/9H3VhCNo0hdU2ZJ3Qf0 https://mastodon.social/media/bqUOWrjbCtc35KAQ560
TN ❌@Monophylos So that's kibitzing, but I earlier read posts about people harassing her instead of derailing, and I can't find if that's the case cuz folx have probably been removing evidence. I wanna hang onto some of these receipts and catch up on what I missed, is there any of that too?
@sundermeyert Unfortunately I did not take screenshots at the right moment. I found out about the whole mess only hours after it happened. I should have captured more, then, when I could have.
@Monophylos well shit, then, I thought you were there when it was going down, that's a serious problem. Keep an eye out, I guess, for people spinning everything that went down as @voz (I feel weird referring to her as anything else w/o knowing her in person) being the agitator/aggressor/Bad Person because w/o many good receipts the narrative's gonna be real easy to push.