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Those who boast of their “brutal honesty” are often more invested in the pain inflicted than the truths conveyed. Such people will seldom hesitate to inflict harm via falsehoods, either. A true warrior knows how to be honest in ways that build up rather than tear down.

—@coachgowron

I’m a grown-ass man who’s been doing what I do for 33 years, but when someone takes the time to send an email and give me positive feedback about my work, it’s still meaningful and is a welcome boost to my spirits.

Thank someone and let them know they did a good job. You’ll like the results.

—@adhdeanasl

Y’all, I am preparing to read a complete avalanche–nay, a collapsing star–of bullshit.

—@oliphant

I don’t care if outsiders do full-text indexing on my toots. I am a public figure, and this is my public face.

I do VERY MUCH care if outsiders do full-text indexing on fedi nodes that have their “do not index/data mine” flags set. That’s a violation of consent.

The universodon folks say that fedi folks are creating cool content and should be discoverable. I absolutely agree that fedi folks are creating cool content!

Some folks DO NOT WANT TO BE DISCOVERED. Period. Their reasons are their own and best discussed over a drink. The fedi’s poor discoverability is a feature, not a bug.

The intent behind full text search might be good, but intent is irrelevant. Only impact matters.¹

And I’m saying that as a creator who depends on social media to survive.

Consent, and understanding consent, is important. I’ll be defederating from universodon.com this week, unless they stop this.

¹ No, I’m not quoting my orc stories. My stories are quoting me, who is in turn quoting any number of smart people.

—@mwl