@mmasnick If you're interested, New Yorker 2017 piece "What Does Tulsi Gabbard Believe" was a fascinating read that includes this about a religious leader she followed, Chris Butler: "Defectors tell stories of children discouraged by Butler from attending secular schools; ... of devotees lying prostrate whenever he entered the room, or adding bits of his nail clippings to their food, or eating spoonfuls of sand that he had walked upon." https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/what-does-tulsi-gabbard-believe
@mmasnick i can say that i appreciate you here way more than on bsky, in that like 90% of my feed content there is politics and the drama surrounding that, and it gets tiresome pretty quickly - there are way broader topics here - if theres something i can do to make you feel welcomed here more than there i'm happy to do it!
@mmasnick I for one would be very happy to see you post more here. I’m sorry your experience has been so negative; I’ve heard it from other high-profile tech folks, and it’s a shame for folks to be driven away from what has the potential to function as a real commons.
@peterbutler in my experience there was a lot more scolding here, and less useful conversation. it's not a condemnation of all, obviously, but just makes it more of a mental burden to post actively here.
@mmasnick ah, yeah that sucks. as a small timer here I haven't faced much of that (don't fade many replies at all), but yeah my inclination would be to mute early and often
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