On twitter—pre-Musk!—I had my face pasted onto Auschwitz memes, my replies spammed with "faggot," death threats in my DMs, and a congressman trying to get me fired.
If you have not experienced similar, that says more about who you don't offend than it does about which platform has worse behavior.
It’s actually far, far worse on Bluesky. The nastiness and vitriol here makes X look civilized and high-minded by comparison 🙃. The close-minded scolds on here shouldn’t flatter themselves
I could have sworn I blocked this dipshit
I can vouch for self-proclaimed lefties doing similar. Not as offensive Auschwitz memes but going immediately personal (and for reasons unclear, homophobic, and pasting my profile photo into an attempt at a meme, and advising me to 'stay safe', which I took in context to be a threat.
Sohrab Ahmari and Ian Miles Chong both RTed me out to their followers for “child abuse” in 2020 (or 2021) because I said of course my kids were masking up in indoor public places. I had to put my account on private because their followers were threatening to track me down and report me to CPS.
Important that virulence or orientation of the mobs is not the relevant criteria. There are Tankies/Hamasniks mobs here polluting some threads.
The difference is bsky is not owned by a fascist mobster biasing everybody's timeline. Praising X is a choice.
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Thomas Chatterton is full of shit
As ever, the thing about bluesky is everyone here knows of course it's not some representative Gallup sample of the general electorate, but the folks still hanging out on the place for roving hate-mobs of literal nazis think that's how you put your finger on the pulse of normal Americans.
