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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by BeetleB on Friday November 02, 2018 @11:17AM (#18363606)
As was recently demonstrated, online mob harassment is very doable on Mastodon:

http://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-...

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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by jklinger410 on Friday November 02, 2018 @12:03PM (#18364047)
Beyond the fact that I don't really believe Wil is entirely innocent in his complaints, he simply had to change instances.

He also used his real name. In fact, he didn't really take any steps to protect himself besides moving to mastadon. Large instances, after all, simply function like an unmonetized twitter.

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Re:Diaspora: Hello and a big welcome to everyone arriving fr... by AgentME on Friday November 02, 2018 @03:06PM (#18365780)
> He also used his real name. In fact, he didn't really take any steps to protect himself

I kind of think that's the point for a celebrity on Twitter or a similar site.

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