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codetrotter 6y ago
What I have come to realize is that the default action for people online, including myself, is often to read/watch and move on. A gentle reminder to give a signal back will push some people to take the time to do so.
- anotherhue 6y ago
  Beware a slow burning Time of Check to Time of Use attack. What you like/star today may change tomorrow, but your public association with it will remain.
  - codetrotter 6y ago
    Not sure I follow what you mean.
    - vijayr02 6y ago
      Not OP, but as an example: get lots of 5 star reviews for a genuinely useful product and then on sell the listing to a shady seller. I guess OP is thinking of an even more high profile issue (exaggerated example: you donate to a charity that espouses human rights and it later pivots to genocide - your reputation is toast now).
      - codetrotter 6y ago
        I see. I think this will always be a potential problem indeed. And there is no simple solution to it. I used to have a friend who turned out to be very different from what I had thought. And she started interpreting stuff that I had posted to my Facebook in all sorts of... well frankly crazy ways. And she turned really unpleasant, and I ended up blocking her across all channels where she was contacting me. So I know first hand what it is like to be treated in a very hostile manner by someone. I still think about that sometimes. And I think of people who have not just one person turn against them but whole groups of people turn against them. And I don’t have an answer for what to do about it. But my current thinking is that we should live our lives as we see fit and not be deterred by anyone who has the wrong picture and who insists on holding on to that picture. And to instead focus as much as possible on the people that you have healthy interactions with. What that means is, to be open for new things and new ideas still, and engaging in discussion, but if you encounter someone who is too antagonistic, stop interacting with them. So in the example of having associated with a project or organization or group or something, that is taken over and changes into something bad, disassociate from them when you are made aware of it, and to anyone that asks about it say as it is that they weren’t like that before and that you have left them. Anyone that continues to insist that you have ties to something you don’t, cut off contact. Don’t try to defend against them or anything. But like I said, for people that have a whole group of people turn on them I don’t know what they should do.
    - batterylow 6y ago
      Maybe something like this: - I star a FreeBSD project on GitHub. - The author changes the project to something racist. - My GitHub profile now shows that I've starred a racist project.
protomyth 6y ago
I would love the origin person of that phrase because it is almost universal with YouTubers.

What I have come to realize is that the default action for people online, including myself, is often to read/watch and move on. A gentle reminder to give a signal back will push some people to take the time to do so.

anotherhue 6y ago
Beware a slow burning Time of Check to Time of Use attack. What you like/star today may change tomorrow, but your public association with it will remain.
- codetrotter 6y ago
  Not sure I follow what you mean.
  - vijayr02 6y ago
    Not OP, but as an example: get lots of 5 star reviews for a genuinely useful product and then on sell the listing to a shady seller. I guess OP is thinking of an even more high profile issue (exaggerated example: you donate to a charity that espouses human rights and it later pivots to genocide - your reputation is toast now).
    - codetrotter 6y ago
      I see. I think this will always be a potential problem indeed. And there is no simple solution to it. I used to have a friend who turned out to be very different from what I had thought. And she started interpreting stuff that I had posted to my Facebook in all sorts of... well frankly crazy ways. And she turned really unpleasant, and I ended up blocking her across all channels where she was contacting me. So I know first hand what it is like to be treated in a very hostile manner by someone. I still think about that sometimes. And I think of people who have not just one person turn against them but whole groups of people turn against them. And I don’t have an answer for what to do about it. But my current thinking is that we should live our lives as we see fit and not be deterred by anyone who has the wrong picture and who insists on holding on to that picture. And to instead focus as much as possible on the people that you have healthy interactions with. What that means is, to be open for new things and new ideas still, and engaging in discussion, but if you encounter someone who is too antagonistic, stop interacting with them. So in the example of having associated with a project or organization or group or something, that is taken over and changes into something bad, disassociate from them when you are made aware of it, and to anyone that asks about it say as it is that they weren’t like that before and that you have left them. Anyone that continues to insist that you have ties to something you don’t, cut off contact. Don’t try to defend against them or anything. But like I said, for people that have a whole group of people turn on them I don’t know what they should do.
  - batterylow 6y ago
    Maybe something like this: - I star a FreeBSD project on GitHub. - The author changes the project to something racist. - My GitHub profile now shows that I've starred a racist project.

protomyth 6y ago

I would love the origin person of that phrase because it is almost universal with YouTubers.