Posts by Uraael@kitty.social
 (DIR) Post #Ao2Zm2OsB27wBNxFpo by Uraael@kitty.social
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       Hello! I'm your friendly neighbourhood Fedizen dropping in with a wee suggestion to use your account the way I want you to or I'm afraid me and my friends are going to have to leave a little reminder beneath your post shaming you into it by telling you we're "unable" to boost your post until you comply.If I'm really bothered by your post -grrr! 😄- I may even helpfully do the work I expect you to do for you, like correcting your homework.I get to police the way you use your account because it's for a really good cause I believe in so I'll be upset if you get angry with me. Just please modify your behaviour as I tell you to. No, it's not bullying because I'm in the right here.And don't worry, my friends and I will be watching to help you if you slip up again! Thanks so much, and you're welcome!#AltText #IsGenuinelyFabulousBut #DontBeThisPerson #HOA
       
 (DIR) Post #AsfEKb4uiz6KzDFttQ by Uraael@kitty.social
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       This will be my second Pinned Post.Someone threw my use of anonymity up at me the other day, while objecting to a comment I'd made (it happens: I don't always get it right.). The implication was clear: Anonymity is harmful.Respectfully, I disagree, and want to open this up for conversation because I think for some it's become frozen as Anonymity = Bad. General discourse around Troll behaviour seems to have cemented this idea in people's minds:  "If you're not showing your whole identifiable/verifiable birth-self (#Truther) then you're doing it for nefarious reasons", backed up by cod-psychology around that mask liberating people to be their inner asshole.This emphatically does happen but it's not always the case.I've had more battles online than I can count, coming up for a quarter of a century's worth. I'm opinionated and like to set people straight - particularly if there's clear harm involved in someone's words or actions. Racism, Misogyny, TERFism...I've scars from fighting against all of them.But I'm also quite a private person. Some people I clash with are pretty much evil (or behaving that way). I feel that requires protection; I need a level of protection. Over the years I've become very comfortable with creating a shield persona that keeps me safe. My Internet Name, Uraael, is part of this. I am Birth Name online only in certain circumstances, usually where I can't avoid it.But this does not mean I change who I am or how I deal with people. Perhaps I'm a touch bolder online? Perhaps conversations are easier to follow and interact with here instead of neurodivergently puzzling them out in meat-space? These aren't things I have much control over much as I might wish otherwise. But by and large I try hard to remain authentic to who I am everywhere.Extrapolating outward, there could be any number of perfectly legitimate reasons why a person might want their identity shielded. The LGBTQIA community is a perfect example. Being who they/we are can have unpleasant and even life-threatening real world implications. Providing yourself some harmless cover therefore makes perfect sense. If you don't need that or understand that then I'd suggest you enjoy a level of privilege that many others don't (my accuser was a white cishet male...) and would ask you to consider what it's like in their world for a second before passing accusative judgement.You might have to work a little harder to really truly know who I am but my heart and soul are right there every day in my posts and replies. Judge not a book by its shiny animated cover.Peace.#Anonymity #Protection
       
 (DIR) Post #At31PjkXHChpiXsmLA by Uraael@kitty.social
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       @_elena@mastodon.social Yeah, the way your comments were being responded to was depressingly familiar. I'm in no way surprised it coalesced into abuse.I responded to one who I felt had crossed a line into outright sarcasm but the general tone was Correctile Dysfunction.I'm also sorry this happened. I truly wish my gender would fucking wise up. This shit is exhausting for me to witness; I can only imagine what it's like for a woman.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvLUbuPWSx3bdhYJc0 by Uraael@kitty.social
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       @_elena@mastodon.social Elena, I have passed this to a French native of my acquaintance. You have been doing amazing work and I have been slow in stepping up to help promote you. Consider me a Booster from now on.
       
 (DIR) Post #AvmaWQHQuNcTjiSCoq by Uraael@kitty.social
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       @WhoDisturbsMySlumber@mastodon.social @_elena@mastodon.social One author I follow has moved off Ghost because of this....and went to Substack where she doesn't have the same problem (meaning I now can't support her work unless she posts here). When you're counting every penny these things matter, sad fact of life.