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> do you check the profile of every person you interract with on Mastodon, before hitting reply?
No, but I also don’t publicly poke fun at the topic while running an instance.
> If someone has their identity misrepresented in a comment, like 'dude' for example, then that person says 'I actualy identfy as X, can you please refer to me as such in future?' and the person who made the mistake fixes it, what's the issue?
The issue is your public comments on the matter.
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