@Teri_Kanefield 100% Disclaimer at nearly 50 I skew older and this isn't necessarily the experience of our children, for example, who have shorter historical memories and fewer things to lament. Esp. wrt social media and their amplification of negativity.

@timrichards @traindriver
Empty Coaching Stock, I'd guess:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/empty_coaching_stock

@shorty60 @Teri_Kanefield
I can only echo the sentiment. Excellent write-up and much need clarity in a maelstrom of screaming outrage-merchants.

@Weirdaholic @aris_tgd @TechConnectify
I am not doubting the existence of the nastiness. After all, all this unpleasantness is just part of the human condition, sadly.
However, I noticed in the filter/moderation part of the settings there are some pretty elaborate options for pretty targeted filtering and flagging.
Which leads me to wonder, couldn't we eventually arrive at publicly available, plug'n'play filters similar to what uBlock Origin is doing?

@TechConnectify Honestly, I find it quite shocking that you get same or worse abuse here than back at the birdsite.
My experience was between indifference and total silence. But abuse worse than Twitter??

@aronow Now that would be something. A multi-decade long case forgetfulness...
Also, why worry?
Also, also, isn't the whole idea that it's the person's own choice as to procreation?