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Recent twts in reply to #p3zk5jq

I was inclined to let this go so as not to stir anything up, but after some additional thought I’ve decided to call it out. This twt:

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is exactly the kind of ad hominem garbage I came to expect from Twitter™, and I’m disappointed to see it replicated here. Rummaging through someone’s background trying to find a “gotcha” argument to take credibility away from what a person is saying, instead of engaging the ideas directly, is what trolls and bad faith actors do. That’s what the twt above does (falsely, I might add–what’s being claimed is untrue).

If you take issue with something I’ve said, you can mute me, unfollow me, ignore me, use TamperMonkey to turn all my twts into gibberish, engage the ideas directly, etc etc etc. There are plenty of options to make what I said go away. Reading through my links, reading about my organization’s CEO’s background, and trying to use that against me somehow (after misinterpreting it no less)? Besides being unacceptable in a rational discussion, and besides being completely ineffective in stopping me from expressing whatever it is you didn’t like, it’s creepy. Don’t do that.

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@will@twtxt.net Several of us in the community that run/manage pods (some single-user, others multi-user like my own at twtxt.net) got together and discussed this incident. We have agreed that this is in violation of the Yarn.social default Abuse Policy that is applicable to all pods (by default) including my pod’s abuse policy.

Therefore I have gone and deleted that Twt out of your feed (by hand). As I have no way to contact you (as you provide very little information on your Profile or any way to contact you) I’ve had to take this action without your prior consent.

Please understand that our goals for Yarn.social is to build and maintain a positive culture for as long as we possibly can. Thanks! 🙏

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