If you have been thinking "the fediverse is too ---" There are too many people posting about --- and not enough ----." Remember that pruning and planting your feed is your responsibility. Adjust who you follow. Add more hash tags about important topics such as #ants
There isn't any program spying on what you stare at longer trying to hack your brain keep you scrolling for as long as possible.
There have been a lot of new people. You could be missing fun posts and looking at boring ones.
@futurebird blocks, mutes, and filters are wonderful tools to help with that.
I have almost no blocks on here. I find I don't need them much at all. Although it's nice to know they are there if needed.
@benroyce@mastodon.socialsame
when I started on #Mastodon I blocked left and right
then I would notice a comment or two I liked, replying to a blocked account, and I would peek and like what they said. so I decided to do a mass unblock: "why am I blocking this person? I can't remember. Ok, unblock"
now some of those accounts I blocked at one time we follow each other
of course if someone is a misogynist, transphobe, racist, etc, nuke them from orbit, #Block and report
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My blocks now are mainly creepy stalkers: those accounts I only see in replies to me, and it's always just to start some shitty drama, or be mindless contrarians or, since I'm always speaking in support of Ukraine, to spit vatnik disinfo
But sometimes I feel people can be a little too trigger happy around here
A little spat, a misperception and boom: total scorched earth
People: try to be a little more relaxed and forgiving
Not for their sake. For yours
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@benroyce @futurebird @hobbsc
I’m conscious that when a toot offends me, it is because of my reaction to it and not because of what the toot is about. So, when I feel offended, I take a breath and put my ego aside for a minute and reread the toot. That seems to work for me. I get to see things from another perspective, and mostly ‘learn’ something valuable. If I can’t shake the feeling of offence, I look at the person’s toots and make an informed decision to block or not.
I get unstuck when sarcasm is involved so I ty to take my time about a decision to block.
Sometimes, I’m a bit thick. Sometimes, I’m too thin skinned. It’s complicated….
#Fediverse
@RaymondPierreL3 @futurebird @hobbsc
i feel you on the sarcasm
people really have to use a sarcasm indicator (/s) or a laughing emoji, etc
tone context inflection facial expression... these don't come across in text
anyone out there reading:
if you're being sarcastic and it's "obvious": no, it isn't. and there are people out there, who will say what you said jokingly, seriously. and plenty reading don't know you, don't know you're not one of those people
save yourself the grief
use (/s)