I've never been "good" at social media things but I have noticed a simple truth in it - more followers/views you have, more likely you are to meet the rotten eggs of any social media site.

I've never been "good" at social media things but I have noticed a simple truth in it - more followers/views you have, more likely you are to meet the rotten eggs of any social media site. It's all just numbers game as not every person anywhere is kind, and wonderful human being.

Like when I take a bus, most people are decent.
But that ONE motherfucker then steps in...or sometimes a group of dipshits...that can make the whole bus experience hell from then on.

In facebook, I would get creeps messaging me when I still used my face as a profile picture. They would turn innocent posts into suggestive stuff. Then the algorythm changes focused on making people angry instead of allowing you to follow your bubble.

In twitter I would encounter ragebaters constantly.

Here is no algorythm but bigger the number that sees a post, more likely trolls appear.

Same in Youtube, peertube, anywhere.

There is no 100% safe space when moving from pond to sea of people.

I don't see the point in giving those assholes the time of day. I encounter some here too, despite not having a big following.

I try to see if those people are just having a bad day, and if we can actually talk like people - if not, I block them and leave them to stew in their own shit.

If my account ever grows to be "big" anywhere, I accept that it means a sea of people will be looking at my posts. And they will have opinions. And some will be awful people.

I will focus on the good ones.