[boyter]

Anyone doing anything slightly out of the norm on the fediverse gets blasted. I too experienced this just recently. Being open and responding just gets you even more heat.

100% agree the response is inappropriate.

If you don't do an apology like done here the mob will continue to attack you. So I totally understand why they did this.

[stephen_g]

The best strategy is to ignore what the minority that attack people say and just block them...

Crazy thing is that a lot of the policing of other people's behaviour is even from people who haven't even been around for long. It's crazy seeing people trying to control other people's behaviour by attacking them and telling them "that's not how things are done here" when they've been on Mastodon for less time than the person they're policing!

[wmf]

It's common for newcomers in a community to try to prove that they deserve to be there by aggressively enforcing/performing community norms.

[CaptainFever]

Can confirm, I was that newcomer. Thought the culture was perfect and thus wanted to defend it. I’m more disillusioned now and focused more on the decentralisation aspect.