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Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

Ah Mastodon, it never fails. Whenever I point out somewhere else to follow or join, there's *always* replies telling me how much they don't want it or don't want to see it.

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Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

It's like when people get annoyed about me covering something in an article: not clicking it is free, scrolling past it is free, but nope - just gotta get it out how much you don't want it huh.

Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

This is yet another reason why I often just mute everything on Mastodon lol

Andreas M. Heitmann :batman:

@gamingonlinux Maybe you should tell them: it is called internet for a reason ;-) ...

Iesou

@gamingonlinux pretty sure that's just social media in general, it's why for profit sm always looks for drama to ensure engagement and why mastodon is now the only platform I have an active account on.

Huubje

@gamingonlinux I'm a selective but consistent muter. When people are arrogantly and willfully ignorant is a prime reason for me haha. It's fine if I don't see eye to eye, but when someone is also an arsehole I'm the quickest draw in the West.

Ministerofimpediments

@gamingonlinux …that’s not Mastodon…that’s just people. You’re just here and there is a higher opinionated geek-per-capita here as well.
I’m sure, circa 1997, there were actual letters written to PC Gamer Mag with… “Dear Editor, How could you waste the readers time with your half baked opinions on Bethesda Games? I have no idea why anyone buys your magazine and I will certainly stop reading it for free at the local library as to not waste my time…”

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@gamingonlinux ingore them liam, i love every post you make here its very informative :)

Xarizzar Phantasma (玄)

@gamingonlinux To be completely honest, I don't really get how or why your experience is like this. It's truly a pity. Most people I've seen here on Fedi are really cool and polite. While I agree that Discord has become kind of a shitshow over the years, I don't think that I have to remind everybody like this. Then again, I still use it, so maybe I'm biased.

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@gamingonlinux stupid article writers and their stupid opinions. stop telling me what i can and cant read! im angry!

/s

Semitones

@gamingonlinux to be fair they have a point: you can be annoyed and still scroll past -- people have to scroll past paid advertisements on other social media all the time, and people come to Mastodon to not have to see them at all. FWIW I've never felt like your links to follow other places were intrusive though.

GNU/Egee

@gamingonlinux it's not Mastodon, I think it's the tech community in general. What you are describing is exactly why I've grown my audiences separate from my tech channel.

"I don't want to see it!"

Then.. doing fucking look at it? Idk, people need to grow up.

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