I am begging my Bluesky friends not to respond to trolls, because the platform's setup means that every time you do, that troll's inciting, offensive statement ends up on the timelines of all your friends and taints everybody's day! I really want to see YOUR thoughts, not theirs.
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There should be a way to argue with someone who might actually just disagree in good faith even if it gets heated without it bleeding over.
Spit your facts, queen!
Not feeding the trolls is still a good maxim though!
One day I’ll figure social media out.
reposting on bsky, which is clicking the 🔄 and sharing a post you like (which is good!)
vs.
reposting a picture you saved or copying text from someone else's post and not giving proper credit and taking attention from the original (which sucks)
But maaaaannn.... turning them off is SO pleasant.
Got to up my percentages! Block block block!
So. Many.
it is far more effective to block & ignore toxic bigots than try to argue with them.
for example, here’s a direct link to my modlist of transphobes:
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l7buhragfpktqopl7wdojhi3/lists/3k4g52c623d2r
But definitely seeing a whole bunch of assholes that need to be run through the Contraption, that's for sure.
Block hard!
NO MERCY!
(I tried one follow that shares a lot of interesting things but it's like 30 a day or something, & not their stuff, other stuff. So I may mute it for a couple days & look at my streaming again.)
Well, people should just block the trolls and leave it at that. But people should also realize there's trolls - and there's people having a bad day.
Treat everyone around you like they're having a bad day. And you might make it better.
What part of recent political history makes you think that ignoring fascism makes it go away?
Increasingly, too many users are labeling any opinion they don't like as "trollish".
I have no "friends" in Bluesky, only followers and users I follow.
On FB since 2007 it's different, because I know all followers personally - except for 5 accounts.
It's not every time, but overwhelmingly this site doesn't feed the trolls and it's great.