Oh, another tip for new Mastodon users. There is no global search, outside of users or hashtags. That means you can criticise and curse things using their true name without accidentally summoning a group of sealions.
@Felthry it's slang for people who see you say something and then pester you with false politeness to try to silence you in the guise of debate coined from this comic http://wondermark.com/1k62/
@Felthry oh further context, on Twitter there's universal search, so trolls often search for key words and phrases to find their victims and start the sea lion process. My tip was that, unlike Twitter, that can't happen here, by design.
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@Mycroft Oh, okay. I feel very out of the loop from never having used twitter!