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It’s probably juvenile, but you have no idea about what I have to contend with
He wrote: “This guy replies to comments and then blocks the author so they can’t respond!”
Do you know what I did? I replied with, “Bye!” then I blocked and reported the writer
A moment after that, all twenty comments were gone from my article
I’ve got enough of a platform that I have to endure a lot of online harassment
Later that day when I scrolled through my responses, it was nice to see a full page
The punchline here is that these comments probably came from an actual human being
Justin Cox has been writing some articles on AI generated content
I’ve long assumed that many of the comments I receive could not have been written by
Only real human beings are foolish enough to include words that can get their account banned
The scary part is that we have to stay ahead of the false actors who use technology
I’m sure I’ll be discussing a new strategy that was deployed against me in the
Actually, there’s a whole list of things that would come as a result of that and
Curiosity and masochism no longer compel me to read a comment or message that’s clearly only
The sad part is that some real human beings who randomly encounter my writing and have no
Sometimes, even real human beings send me long winded and insulting lectures that only sound like they
It’s funny how bent out of shape people get when you delete their comments
That has happened to me maybe once or twice and I was stunned both times
Let me guess, the resulting text would start out, “We’re going to march down to the
Many of the people who harass me write from a new account that I haven’t yet
” Once they’ve used the word “censorship” they can now pivot to “fascist” and “authoritarian” and “tyrant
It’s like turning off the car radio because they keep playing Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran
Or Bieber… imagine if people accused you of “censorship” because every time Justin Bieber came on the
That’s not “censorship,” that’s just an involuntary response
They just don’t have a right to ride on my coattails by throwing their names and
I want to make sure that all writers know they don’t have to tolerate any form
Deleting comments does not mean you’re creating an “echo chamber” of people who only reinforce your
People only say that kind of thing to try to bully you into listening to their unproductive
At this point, I have a spider sense about a comment that is about to go bad
I scan through hundreds of comments a day on a variety of platforms
When you see the same thing over and over and over, your reaction time improves
I’m operating entirely on feel, as in “I feel as if reading the rest of this
Yes, sometimes I reject other people because I perceive in them the flaws I refuse to recognize
You need to get to the point where you legitimately don’t care what cards the other
If you allow your curiosity about other people to dominate your decision making, you are surrendering power
Bet your hand or fold your hand based on what is best for you
Sometimes you’ll win, sometimes you’ll lose, but if you’re committed to the best course
If you fold because you think calling is the wrong decision, and then the cards show otherwise,
In the long run, abandoning your strategy will work out poorly for you
Once you’ve made your decision based on reason, don’t even look at the cards
Get it? In a competitive setting, people only give you information to harm you!
If you read an insulting comment that really bothers you, and you just have to say something,
Yeah, you’re going to accidentally drop a few bombs on real human beings who are living
They wandered onto a battlefield and decided to go over and stand beside the army with the
Responding to a comment and then blocking the author is like throwing a stone at a hornet’