spiritplumber

spiritplumber@f3.to

Builder of things, writer of bad fanfic. Vow of hospitality. Humanity first.


How to tell if a user-generated-content site is toxic:

Toxic ones will display a number next to the "I like this" counter. Non-toxic ones won't.

They got us competing for likes.

Is there a firefox extension to disable showing like numbers on FB, birdsite, etc?

Kudos to Mastodon and HN for not having this.



Is there an English word or phrase to describe this type of toxic interaction:

  • Someone reaches out to me, usually with an opinion or a request to help
  • I reply and/or take action
  • Nothing happens for a few days
  • The same person reaches up to me, with a different opinion or a different request to help, completely disregarding what I replied the first time
  • Rinse and repeat

I see it happen more and more frequently both in email and social media, and it scares me that it may one day become the norm. It's like everyone is shouting into the ether.