@inquiline really enjoyed this, in so many ways! Great to have an analysis of, and a term for; #LossyDistribution. And the case study works brilliantly. As does the auto ethnographic approach!
It’s really important to discuss how #HashtagActivism is curtailed here; as well as how different hashtags in general fare here. Thinking also about the #ClimateDiary project. It frustrates me that - as I only realised about a year in - that I can’t see all posts. 1/2
Really looking forward to reading @jdp23's discussion of safety features (and lack thereof) here.
Unlike some people quoted here, I didn't get harassed within moments of arrival. (And I am sure we can take some guesses as to why that is.) That said, I did get a tour around moderation etc. this past summer during the #donkeygate incident; and here is the only place I've been doxxed, so I have some firsthand thoughts about all this too.
@inquiline@jdp23
I missed the donkey dustup but wondered about it based on fleeting references, and now I've just read your pinned thread. It's mindblowing how incapable some people are of simply scrolling past a toot they aren't interested in. Solidarity to you!
We (by this I mean, a community of friends & associates on Mastodon) will stop reporting harassing behavior to Mdon mods (& outing it publicly) the moment a certain harasser stops harassing, doxing, & other abusive behavior.
None amongst us has engaged in: private unwanted communication; puppeting & tagging after being blocked; contacting anyone's place of business(!). Someone has done all of that, but it wasn't us.
In all seriousness, I just had a look at the posts on the #BearsOfMastodon tag and it looks like it's functioning fine with multiple valences of "bear". Unless there's conflict I don't know about. It's possible, folks!
"Under American women’s influence, [Henry James] insisted, language risks becoming a ‘generalised mumble or jumble, a tongueless slobber or snarl or whine’; it will sound like ‘the moo of the cow, the bray of the ass, and the bark of the dog’."
On ancient and contemporary reactions to "the public voice of women" in EuroAmerican contexts:
@inquiline i don’t really understand what this is about but it most definitely looks like harassment to me. Really horrible. Sorry you are experiencing this, will report