• Clbull@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Reddit and Twitter are incredibly hostile places.

    I have a friend who privated her Twitter account a few years back. She made the mistake of replying to a tweet to state that non-white people can be racist too, and ended up getting doxxed and harassed.

    Also, I remember the time when I kept getting DMs on my Reddit account stating things like “just reminding you that you’re a c***”

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      1 year ago

      I’ve not been in a situation this bad before but sometimes I do find it funny to get a random DM without any context say “You’re a cunt”. I would just rofl and go on with life😂 Like what does one achieve woth saying something that doesn’t even land in my brain lmao

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      1 year ago

      Crazy, that should be an uncontroversial statement. It’s sad that people on the left have radicalized too and are sometimes going too far, giving the right a larger attack surface. Of course regular algorithm driven social media stimulate radicalization because rage drives up engagement.