I’ve noticed that there seems to be an emphasis on being extremely serious at all times, as if every single comment is a PhD dissertation being evaluated or something. There’s like this weird, subtle one upmanship about every little thing and a lot of people are very nitpicky and judgmental. It kind of takes the fun out of being on here, TBH. Or am I the only one experiencing this?
At first, I was very cautious here. After Reddit, I was expecting that people would go through post histories and attack me for misunderstandings and call me an AI bot, like some users do in sites like Reddit… But no. I haven’t had any issues, even when I have put out more controversial opinions or asked dumb questions. I have gotten downvoted occasionally when I have been wrong or misunderstood, which is fair. I have gotten replies from people with different opinions, but they have been polite and sticked in the topic, which is fucking amazing. I haven’t had a single even slightly unpleasant interaction so far.
Folk here have been very helpful, polite, funny or neutral. I’m actually becoming more brave at posting and commenting, and I no longer feel fearful/unpleasant when I see that I have an unread notification. Of course there are communities I have blocked or instances that I avoid but that’s just to curate my feeds.
For me it’s the opposite. Every time I make a fresh account on here I engage a lot in the beginning while the experience is still positive, then as the replies start to feel more pointed and personal I back off more and more.
“Every time I make a fresh account”
Why do you need to keep making new accounts?
Not op, but I keep deleting and creating new accounts too. It just internet hygiene at this point.
I’m from Bora Bora btw. See?
“Hygiene” as in “no-one would take me seriously with this comment history so time to make a new one”?
Hygiene as in I don’t want to get doxxed, or have someone compiling a profile on me. What do I care if a rando takes me seriously or not? 🤷♂️
Do you post your name and/or address or anything that could be used to ID you? How is changing an account going to influence that.
“Someone compiling a profile on me”
Sure, yeah, buddy. “They’re following YOU, but luckily making a new account completely gets rid of whatever tinfoil entity you’re imagining.”
The only people I could see that being a problem for is anyone part of anything organised and not wanting to get caught.
Considering the US government is currently dragging people to court over their innocuous social media posts, maybe this take is a little short-sighted.
Huh, I don’t really have much advise to that, but it’s an understanble reaction. I gotta say that there have been times my first reaction to a reply has been negative, but upon rereading it I have noticed that it was just my reaction. I like that here I learn new stuff every day and that people are willing to politely correct me (/share their opinion or experience on the matter.) I hope you find your place, if not here then maybe on some other site!
Yeah my name is recognizable enough now that misogynists will routinely go through my post history. It’s daily at this point.