Editing to add: yeah it looks like that stuff was the catalyst. Him mentioning it was something that I remembered for some reason.
This is from Will’s site:
I found a harsh reality that I’m still trying to process: thousands of people who don’t know me, who have never interacted with me, who internalized a series of lies about me, who were never willing to give me a chance. I was harassed from the minute I made my account, and though I expected the “shut up wesley”s and “go fuck yourself”s to taper off after a day or so, it never did. And even though I never broke any rules on the server I joined (Mastodon is individual “instances” which is like a server, which connects to the “federated timeline”, which is what all the other servers are), one of its admins told me they were suspending my account, because they got 60 (!) reports overnight about my account, and they didn’t want to deal with the drama.
Editing to add: yeah it looks like that stuff was the catalyst. Him mentioning it was something that I remembered for some reason.
This is from Will’s site:
People on the internet can be so cruel. Possibly it’s the anonymity, or maybe they’d do it even despite that.
It’s like Mike Tyson said…social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it.
Once upon a time people settled their differences like men: punching. Biting. Raping.
… that you know of at least:-)
And btw since I am finished here, may I also point out that…
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