Deleted my affirming Friday post because I can't escape pervy guys replying to me.
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Deleted my affirming Friday post because I can't escape pervy guys replying to me.
I guess that's one more thing I don't get to do here anymore.
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Veronica Explainsreplied to Veronica Explains last edited by
I'm sorry if I've seemed so down lately, folks.
With notoriety comes attacks, I guess. I was hoping the fediverse would feel different, but it's just not.
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Veronica Explainsreplied to Veronica Explains last edited by
Since a few of you have asked, I'll just explain what happened this time.
I posted an affirming message like I do every Friday, with a message like "call someone you miss".
Folks in the comments started sexually harassing me, and when someone pushed back, the harassers said that they have fun harassing me.
My favorite* part of this is that because I'd blocked them, they could carry on talking about how fun it is to harass me and I couldn't see it.
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Veronica Explainsreplied to Veronica Explains last edited by
"But Veronica, it's defederated, so there's nothing we can do about that"
I know. That's why I'm saying maybe this place isn't fun for a woman with a following.
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Lucy Llewellyn 🏳️⚧️replied to Veronica Explains last edited by
@vkc i wonder if #fediblock might be able to help cut off their instances because that is not good behaviour!
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Veronica Explainsreplied to Lucy Llewellyn 🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@lucyllewy but that won't help with the next one, and the next one, and the next one.
I don't want to play whack-a-troll 24 hours a day.
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Jim Millardreplied to Veronica Explains last edited by
@vkc another one of notoriety— @GottaLaff—draws trolls all the time. Her following is such that when she calls them out (look for the “toodles” hashtag), they tend to find their experience in here very brief.
I don’t mean to tell you how to use your account, but share as an example of how someone else handles toxic interactions.