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> Apologizing to a faceless group is pointless. Well... it might be at least pragmatic. Apologising to the wider community for wronging a member of the communi
by exasperaited 1y ago
> Apologizing to a faceless group is pointless.
Well... it might be at least pragmatic. Apologising to the wider community for wronging a member of the community is normal; it's also expected.
And I guess apologising to one's audience for not being who they think you are is essentially, the same thing, just with a parasocial twist.
Parasocial "communities" exist (fandoms) and they do rather complicate things.
- Izkata 1y agoApologizing to the mob is more likely to backfire: It's seen as an admission of guilt and that they're right to "cancel" the person.
- Jensson 1y agoYeah, you should apologize before the mob forms. This is much more important for large corporations, if they do a big screwup and apologizes after massive backlash, that is bad, but if they apologize before the massive backlash its much better.