Just a quiet word - as I boosted a silly joke of someone I'm very fond of earlier, opening them up to a bit of a shitty take. And someone else I'm very fond of posted about blocking people with shitty takes and had a shitty response in return. Let me be clear - I realise I reach a lot of people comparatively on this site - and I am not down with that sort of thing. I do not care about followers or clout. I do care about the people here. If you feel like you have to admonish people in some way, without having any basis of understanding of who they are or their motivations, please take pause enough to either try to understand their story, and consider whether YOUR response might be shitty. Even if you think it might be well-intentioned. And I would be grateful if you don't follow me. I'm not a joke or meme account. I don't post stuff because I want to be widely popular. This is my community and I care very deeply about it. We're all trying to pull in the same direction and you thinking you're a big hero and being shitty to people who actually are, makes you look ignorant and harms this very sacred space for many. X
Blocking freely is positively encouraged ….
… doing so can help to make one's place, in the Fediverse, closer to sacred.
I HATE YOU TOO JULIAN YOU WILL NEVER KNOW PEACE I AM COMING FOR YOU
oh sorry I misread your post
@TheBreadmonkey I only just started following, hello 🙋
I'm mostly following because I've seen you posting about running and parkrun, seem like a decent bloke, and you turn up often enough in my feed that I figured I may as well get my toots straight from the horse's mouth, as it were. Even though I only got here, I know you're not posting for clout or the lols.
ED! This is mad because I feel like I already know you. I've often seen your parkrun posts and recognise you from them and always feel warmly towards you as you seem like a TERRIFIC EGG. I didn't realise I wasn't following you already and must have just interacted through the hashtag. Cheers to you! Huzzah! Also I'm out of action at the mo due to absolutely massively smashed ribs, which my wife who is NOT A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND KNOWS NOTHING reckons are just a bit bruised. However I will be back and trying a walk run this weekend and look forward to your update. 😊🏃
TLDR DON'T BE A DICK x
@TheBreadmonkey good advice all year round 
@TheBreadmonkey and brought us raytracing. Mmm good
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Well said Fred ... I mean, Ben.
I feel that same way. ❤️
Not sure what happened but I fully agree with you. This is our safe place to be silly and friendly without harassment.