toxic callout culture, Twitter culture (-)
I hope people realize that toxic callout culture, especially the stuff we see on birdsite, can be so easily exploited and is bad?
Callouts are good, callouts are needed to make people aware of bad stuff, but they have limited use and should only used to remove power from abusers.
But it can also easily be hijacked and we see that on birdsite right now.
In the sense of constant side picking, fighting, in-fighting, etc.
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toxic callout culture, Twitter culture (-)
It's exhausting to always have to pick sides and be careful not to pick the wrong one, while it is also a great tool to remove people you don't like or are against your agenda.
It can so easily ignited, by a simple small rumor and blown out of proportions, exhausting so many people in the process, without much effort.
For the abuser it is a win-win-win, for the victim and everyone else it is just lose.
So be careful with callouts please.
toxic callout culture, Twitter culture (-)
@maxinered Another issue is that they're addictive. It's too easy to fall into the mindset that you're always right, yet never realise that you're doing it yourself. You start jumping on people due to personal outrage rather than think critically first and then if you are challenged, rather than pause and make sure you're right you automatically double down.
