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One of the problems shared by many social media platforms, is the "pile on" effect. Someone says something dumb and the entire Internet shows up on their doorstep to mock them.
Twitter has this problem in spades, it's one of the reasons it has a bad reputation for harassment.
As far as I know, there is nothing technically preventing the same problem here in the #fediverse though.
If it became a social norm to just star people who have already responded instead of piling on, that would help.
@herrabre I would argue that screenshot-with-blacked-out-names is the proper way to spread such mocking, if it must be done at all.
And that instances where dogpile-helping behaviour is rewarded/not checked might be identified fairly easy.
And that instances where dogpile-helping behaviour is rewarded/not checked might be identified fairly easy.
@pettter I think the problem is that each individual may be responding reasonably. But sheer volume matters.
When is it a dogpile? After the third response? The tenth?
The basic attitude should, I think, be not to blow up someone's moment of being stupid on the internet. I.e. if you respond, don't dot-reply (or whatever the equivalent thing is). If you want to spread the thing on, do so with blacked-out-screenshots rather than a direct link to the post (unless you _want_ to start a dogpile - it's sometimes a valid tactic).