So I decided to make a post in the subreddit for my nearest city. It was about development corruption by the University, and the fact that they have used money, power and influence to skip due process and corrupt both local and state government.
The first hour or so? Pleasant enough. Highly upvoted. Tolerant discussion. And then the fucking shills and trolls came. And they attacked. They attacked hard. Full on slanging match.
Guess what? Turns out they all, all work for the Uni, or at least claim to. We "outed" one of them as a fucking Zoom lecturer (surprise surprise that she referred to the fucking vice chancellor on a first name basis), after she had attempted to personally attack me, and even went for the full doxx.
It's crazy, there, now. Wild. Everything pointing out the obvious corruption, or widespread community disagreement (literally no one in the community, and off Reddit, wants this. Not a single person in any other forum, except for the manufactured consent on Facebook, has been positive. Not one) has been heavily downvoted, and every comment "supporting" the University, and saying how anyone in disagreeement is "dumb, ignorant hicks", have been highly upvoted.
It's frankly... Bizarre. Totally inorganic. Almost like they must have... People whose job it is is to to literally search out posts like mine, and run damage control. Like a very local version of hasbara, or Russian trolls...
Absolutely wild. I reckon they'll ban me, soon, for "being aggressive", or some bullshit.
Oh, and guess who one of the main "defenders" of the Uni, and the council, has been, all over social media? My old philosophy prof, at school, who was literally sacked for being an alcoholic ebebophile (you know, paedo for teen girls) and drug dealer, and has fled the country, but who feels the need to still comment on all local socials, because he is "a distinguished academic", and also happens to be "a philosopher", just like the completely corrupt VC of the Uni.
Former VC, who started all this shit, happens to have also been outed as a paedo, and sexual predator. Funny that. Almost like there's a pattern, innit?
Why are these places, and people, always like this? Lol...
Oh dude, you should see it, at this point...
I refuse to delete it, because... Fuck letting them win. But they've gone full doxx attempt, now... :-(
I don't exactly wanna link it because I like to keep my socials separate (obviously), but FML it got really, really bad...
Full-on trawling of post history, full doxxing attempts, some of the vilest insults and attacks I have heard in probably a couple of months (i.e. directed at me)... And these are supposedly my fellow fucking citizens, in this place...
Yeah, look, I'm honestly pretty done with the internet for today. Unfortunately.
I know I shouldn't let it get to me, but I really... I just didn't expect this. See the links I posted above, for more context of just how bad this has gotten, towards other people who did the same/called this shit out. :-(
I left this place (i.e. the state itself. Not KIA2), for a reason. It has taken a very, very short amount of time to be reminded exactly why.
Is most of this happening in private messages? Like I said in another post, I found the thread in question. Out of respect for you I'm not linking it here but I'm not seeing the sort of invective that you're describing. Most people are disagreeing civilly and you're escalating by losing your cool with them.
Social Media elevates mental disorders.
Yeah, that's nuts.
Hey man, you should be careful. I was able to find the post pretty easily and put some other pieces together too.
I'm not threatening you or anything, just advocating caution. If I didn't have new account restrictions I'd send you a more specific message but unfortunately I can't.