I’ve treated Lemmy as a fun, silly blog since I made my account. I love how you can freely post anywhere and as much as you like, unlike on Reddit. I’m also a teen who grew up online with unrestricted internet access and does online school, so I’m a bit addicted to being online. I love how much more interactive the comments feel here, despite it being a smaller platform. I’ve had fun reading and interacting with people. But I think I might delete my account and everything, because people analyzing my behavior and accusing me of things has started to get to me. Most recently, someone accused me of trying to manipulate people because of my age and gender. All I wanted to do was make people feel some fun and giggles. I’m wondering if you’ve ever felt something similar.

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    14 hours ago

    If Lemmy is a service you’ve enjoyed and you aren’t trying to hurt anyone, why let random jerks ruin it for you and chase you off? Just block them and forget they ever existed. This is the way.

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        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.

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        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.

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        14 hours ago

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

        Or if you prefer…

        Carry on, shitpost soldier. 🫡

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        11 hours ago

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

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        13 hours ago

        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!

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        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.

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        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.

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        I let Chatgpt do an analysis of you. It says you’re:

        Thoughtful and reflective. Curious about people and perspectives. Comfortable blending humour with deeper topics. Independent and self taught. Enjoys engaging with social discussion and community.

        It also guessed you’re an adult Internet user 20-40.

        Did Chatgpt do a better job than your hater?

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      because no matter how many you block they are starting to make up the majority of the replies/comments you see on threads.