Sometimes blunt rejection or casual derision are perfectly reasonable responses. Some folks insist that’s trolling, because they don’t know trolling is what baits blunt responses. Trolling is being a dumb idiot to watch people get mad at you for being a dumb idiot.
Any community that doesn’t proactively identify irrational garbage, but viciously punishes people for calling it out, is encouraging and protecting irrational garbage.
The absolute worst are the ones insisting bad faith doesn’t exist. How big a bow-tie do you put on that giant gift to liars and frauds?
Calling out assholes is not toxicity.
Sometimes blunt rejection or casual derision are perfectly reasonable responses. Some folks insist that’s trolling, because they don’t know trolling is what baits blunt responses. Trolling is being a dumb idiot to watch people get mad at you for being a dumb idiot.
Any community that doesn’t proactively identify irrational garbage, but viciously punishes people for calling it out, is encouraging and protecting irrational garbage.
The absolute worst are the ones insisting bad faith doesn’t exist. How big a bow-tie do you put on that giant gift to liars and frauds?
You’re giving a lot of credit to the user that described another user as “retarded”.
They’re a toxic 4chaner. It’s not that complicated.