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   NeonSnake (neonsnake@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 20:43:15 JST NeonSnake

   Oh, goody, the cis white people are doing the "well, if you see something from Threads that you don't like, or that offends you, you can just block that person and/or Threads yourself, after you've seen it!"

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     NeonSnake (neonsnake@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 20:43:13 JST NeonSnake

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     So, we have Threads, well-known for lack of moderation for open transphobia, sexism, homophobia, racism and other bigotries that people would *much rather not have boosted into their timeline and by the time they've blocked, they've already seen it and it's too late*.

     THIS is why Threads is being pre-emptively blocked, and not because it's a "Satanic Panic" or "leftist moral panic", as I've seen it termed in one thread.

     It's self-care and self-protection.

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     NeonSnake (neonsnake@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 15-Dec-2023 20:43:14 JST NeonSnake

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     A lot of my followers are people who have followed me because of a number of Long Covid posts that I've done over the months, so maybe this will cut through here:

     Imagine a post minimising Covid comes across my timeline, or one that says that people with LC are weak, or lazy or something (I've seen all these). It's all in their head. They should man up. And so on.

     Imagine how this might upset me, right?

     So, I block/unfollow, whatever. Problem solved, right?

     No. Because it plays on my mind. It's too late, I've already seen it.

     I've been told that I'm somehow "lesser" than others, and that affects me for a long time - a few hours, maybe a few days, making it more difficult for me to go about my life.

     You understand that, of course you do, and are sympathetic to this. I shouldn't have had to see it in the first place, obviously.

     I'm not weak because I wanted not to see it, in the first place, no-one would say that.

     Jay Baker repeated this.