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@ian It's interesting because I am not seeing a whole lot of that until I go to the federated timeline. I do have a pretty "hefty" blocklist though- some stuff might not be getting through.

And oh my yes, relationships/study/practice is the success triad.

I think what's making Mastodon intimidating for new people **right now** isn't that it's "different than #Twitter".

After all, Twitter was different than Facebook, which was different than MySpace.

It's that it's different **for all of us all at once** instead of the slow drips and drabs that came with learning new systems organically. This is adding to a cacophony and I experienced it myself back in April during my #TwitterMigration.

So, for new people to the #Fediverse, let me tell you- it's not normally all people talking about the social network itself.

Back in April, someone described it like it's your first day as a freshman in high school- you're trying to figure it all out, along with a bunch of other people all at the same time. I felt the same way and it feels apt.

That feeling also goes away as folks settle into routines. Eventually the posts will be about life and not Mastodon.

One of my videos has recently gotten a lot of attention from a certain type of male chauvinist, and I don't know why.

It's amazing that there are men who say things like this. Not surprising, though.

Also: men, come get your people.

This very much reminds me of all of the times I (as the only developer on a project) would get told to "let your dev guy know he fixed the bug".

Same mentality, different extreme.

Also, don't tell me "just ignore them".

They're the ones making decisions.

They're the ones doing the hiring and the firing.

They're the ones with mothers, sisters, and wives who can't ignore them.

YOU have to do more policing of your own, and YOU have to stand up when you see this type of crass behavior.