Ask Lemmy

This can happen and it feels terrible. On the other hand, I find it quite nice that there were several people there ready to defend you and the hater got downvoted into oblivion. You're not alone and you're being loved.

Here’s a little something you can send to that person, and people like them:

Or if you prefer…

Carry on, shitpost soldier. 🫡

Don't feel bad about it. He's basically saying he thinks you're too cool to actually be real, so you must be fake. Seems like a compliment to me.

I, a very normal lady -like I would not give out identifying info but you’d probably be surprised- reading this post like 👀. I am sure I’m not the only one lol. Some of us have strong ideals about healthier internet browsing and are giving the fediverse a try. We are out there!

Congrats thats a heck of an achievement. Someone wrote a small paper on you. Thats pretty cool.

I’m sorry, but I’d have to simultaneously laugh and admire the fact that someone took that much time out of their day to analyze what I said and produce a paragraph like that. You’re literally living rent free in their head. Take that as a win and keep on trucking forward. Fuck the haters.

It's the internet and you're having fun. Everyone on here is a dog pretending to be a person, but sometimes you're gonna get random accusations of whatever. Hell sometimes they're gonna be right

It's genuinely a useful skill to learn to brush stuff like this off.

Honestly, I'd just create a new account/alias and carry on as normal. Maybe bounce around between a couple accounts on different instances, retiring any and replacing it if it gets too much negative heat.

Could always keep your icon or part of an alias name if you want them to be recognizable, but I wouldn't bother personally.

Fresh starts are nice.