As someone who has largely just kind of hung out and vibed on here for the last year it is absolutely insane how many people went "oh I have Clout on The Tiny Twitter Knock-Off, time to abuse people and act like a feudal lord"
Like
Jesus christ, have one (1) normal human relationship
Saaaaame. I know it's been happening because I've seen the fallout from a few others I follow being abused by "them" - but I genuinely have no idea who "them" is because I'm usually metaphorically off in the outfield picking dandelions <3
Sad it's happening though. This was such a cool place once
This is true! Like, I cultivated a pretty LGBTQ+ friendly corner of Twitter by aggressively blocking a-holes in the Before Times, and we have tools like publicly subbable block lists here
I just hope enough people agree and put the trolls in their place. A little trolling is fine. Abuse is not