![]() I don't believe in bullying, but I think socialization can be an important tool sometimes Now that I think about it, I kinda feel like this is a major problem with LinkedIn as well. It made me wonder about people who post those comments and can go on being engaged with and never actually told how much of a fuckface they're being It was really painful to watch others try to respond to comments like that and sound "respectable" and trying to engage with their talking points. Half the comments were questioning her or blaming her for "seeking it out" or whatever. There was another post where a woman shared her experiences with sexism and having to face death threats and being doxxed because some incels didn't like how she responded to a man hitting on her. Sometimes you need to be yelled at to realize how out of line you are. But it made me think about how much the enforcement of rules like these might just be reinforcing the echo chamber. The mods took the comment down right away of course. They started their response with "To put it bluntly, fuck you" following by a detailed explanation of their struggle with sleep and all the things they've tried and how they still have to put up with people trying to explain this shit to them. The other day someone posted a link to a blog post titled "put bluntly - the effects of sleep deprivation" and someone who had struggled with sleep problems and who, I presume, was sick and tired of hearing people explain this to them like the problem was a lack of awareness. ![]() Sometimes I feel like the mods' aggressive enforcement of, what basically amounts to, respectability politics might be hurting HN. ![]()
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