HammyMcBurgers@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agoHave you ever either taken part in or been targeted by an internet hate mob? For what reasons and what happened after?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down15
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareHave you ever either taken part in or been targeted by an internet hate mob? For what reasons and what happened after?HammyMcBurgers@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 17 hours agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareWren@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-216 hours agoI was the target. It was an IRL one that moved to the internet. I tried to get people to use each other’s preferred pronouns. The hate didn’t really ramp up until I brought up facts and evidence. It had all the elements of your standard hate mob, with trolling, doxxing, threats, and all that.
minus-squareHammyMcBurgers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·16 hours agoDid anything happen to the people who sent threats?
minus-squareWren@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoNot that I know of. I walked away and it was anti-climactic. I believe one is living in a broken down van and thinks Elon Musk talks to him directly, not that poverty and mental health issues are anything to make fun of.
I was the target. It was an IRL one that moved to the internet.
I tried to get people to use each other’s preferred pronouns. The hate didn’t really ramp up until I brought up facts and evidence.
It had all the elements of your standard hate mob, with trolling, doxxing, threats, and all that.
Did anything happen to the people who sent threats?
Not that I know of. I walked away and it was anti-climactic. I believe one is living in a broken down van and thinks Elon Musk talks to him directly, not that poverty and mental health issues are anything to make fun of.