May as well drop a bomb right before going to bed.

I'm sure @Gargron, as a young, inexperienced developer, has made a ton of mistakes running Mastodon. Young humans do that.

Eugen is a person. A lot of people claiming to worry about "social media harassment" seem worryingly oblivious to that as they dogpile and heap on the negativity.

You're entitled to your frustration, but don't be the problem you claim to want to solve.

Keep it positive? #ForkOffTogether and make things better?

@HerraBRE You're the first person I've seen tonight to tag gargrons account in this discussion though.

Is that really us dog-piling? I thought dog-piling by definition was to spam their notifications, and direct comments directly at them?

@maloki It's not as if it is invisible. I'm not running a search for this stuff, but it dominates my home timeline.

You think he doesn't see it? You think it doesn't hurt? Really?

I tagged him because I want him to know he has friends even if he's not perfect.

@HerraBRE And doesn't the pain he has caused others matters? Are they not allowed to air those frustrations, are we not allowed to find solace in that we weren't actually alone in this, and support each other by that?

You're obviously following people who feel this way, that's why you're seeing it, I guess?

@maloki No, it doesn't matter.

One of the most fundamental problems with social media and harassment and the pain it causes, is that one person can easily become the flash-point of a mob's aggression.

Whether each individual in the mob actually has justifications for his or her grievances is completely irrelevant. Mob justice is never reasonable.

When people become the target of a mob, the only self care that works is to stop listening. Sound familiar? Yeah.