I’m toying with the thought that the only posts I’ll engage with anywhere outside of micro.blog are ones about dogs. Had a bad experience a while back, it’s utterly knocked my confidence and I’m second guessing everything.
@BenSouthwood I’m semi-active on Mastodon, but there have been instances there where I really had to think about how I would handle the situation. Don’t worry about that here on Micro.Blog.
@renevanbelzen I worded a reply utterly clumsily, apologised, but this woman ripped me apart. Still, lesson learned.
@jasonekratz Yes, thanks for the kind words. I hate upsetting people is the thing, but it’s done and shrugs. They blocked me and that’s that.
@jasonekratz @BenSouthwood One of the quirks of narcism is an inability to deal with critique, even positive critique. Not sure if this is the case here, but I've had my dealings with people trying to use any comment as a reason to overreact in a pejoritive manner, especially on Reddit, where the mods had to block this person because of the egregious language they uttered. Of course, a new account soon popped up, starting the tirades all over. I had to leave the subreddit.
@jasonekratz I think blocking has its place. I try and back away from politics and suchlike, prefer discussing the geeky stuff that makes me happy.
@renevanbelzen My initial comment deserved me being pulled up on, but the manner of her subsequent posts were unnecessary I felt. If I’d have given myself a bit more time, a full comment rather than a few clumsy words would have clarified my stance, but there we go. I’m generally careful with whom I interact with, BlueSky is like starting over again.
@jasonekratz I’m severely allergic to confrontation. Saying that, I’m better able to keep calm and stand my ground now, but that took me until the age of forty or so. I think the key is to take a breath and listen. Don’t immediately respond, especially if the response is in any way angry. That’s what works for me anyway. Given the majority of my interactions are about OMD or Doctor Who, it’s odd how angry people with a different opinion can get. :-)