What…. This is on par with any kind of internet discourse. It’s pretty much why I hardly ever post prior to Lemmy. It doesn’t matter how well articulated the post, SOMEONE will find the need to correct or clarify unnecessarily.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

it’s really sad because i take great pride and pleasure from reading other people’s thoughts and posts. but when i try to give back, it’s immediately jumped on by dogpilers and “oh you actually meant something else…” people. and when i do the bare minimum to defend myself, they slap back with the “okay buddy, sure” and downvote my defense so it’s invisible to other readers.

needless to say my blocklist is nearing 100 users.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

and downvote my defense so it’s invisible to other readers.

Lemmy isn't an endless torrent of comments. Even downvoted ones get reached.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Wanna get mad? Yesterday drag made a similar post criticising Lemmy, but it focused on the transphobia on the platform. -46 downvotes. Thread full of transphobia anyway. On Blahaj. https://lemmy.nz/post/17415487

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

hmm i honestly just don’t understand what the post is trying to say. it’s a bit unclear to me but im sorry there was confusion and hard feelings going on

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Anyone who thinks pretending to be trans is an effective troll hates trans people.

[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 1 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

see i agree with that statement when written out like that. the post doesn’t really do anything to get me to that notion on its own though.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 minutes ago

Hm. Maybe it was too subtle? Cunk is explaining why "trolls pretending to be trans" is supposed to be a problem on Lemmy, using her usual brand of accidentally telling it like it is. Lemmy only has a "troll problem" because Lemmy users hate trans people. No trans hate, no troll problem. If everyone respected trans people, nobody would be getting called a troll. If anyone actually tried to troll that way, they'd be met with acceptance and have no power.