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   Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 00:02:02 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

   Thomas' Netiquette Tips #1

   Never, ever, reply to a post on social media with "source?"

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 00:36:04 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Royce Williams

     @tychotithonus I also severely dislike it when people start asking for sources when they can't be assed to do like 10 seconds of googling because they're discussing in bad faith anyway. Automatic block for me.

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     Royce Williams (tychotithonus@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 00:36:05 JST Royce Williams

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     @thomasfuchs Yeah, by itself "source?" can be perceived or intended as aggressive ("your post is clearly false"). Additional context is needed if your intent is constructive ("Where did you get this? I want to share it with others")

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     Thomas 🔭🕹️ (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 04:22:10 JST Thomas 🔭🕹️

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     • Diegovsky

     @diegovsky Because social media isn't scientific papers. People are welcome to search the Internet themselves, and if they can't find it they can ask nicer than "Source?"

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     Diegovsky (diegovsky@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Oct-2025 04:22:11 JST Diegovsky

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     @thomasfuchs why not? genuinely asking