It’s one of those things that’s not necessarily bad on its own but taken in context once someone outs themselves as reactionary it’s like “oh yeah obviously.” Like being a fan of alt history or a little too into runes and shit lol
It’s the default option when you make an account which is where I assume most of the “I don’t give a shit about pronouns” stuff would land, yeah. I make a note of it whenever I see a bad take now lol
You also can't update them on mobile(at least in Jerboa) because there's no drop-down access and if you try to edit it at all it defaults back to (none/use name). I keep forgetting to log into the desktop site...sigh.
Really? I guess people with bad ideas would be overrepresented in that group, but it doesn't stand out to me as a red flag as such.
Edit: the bad kind of red flag obviously
It’s one of those things that’s not necessarily bad on its own but taken in context once someone outs themselves as reactionary it’s like “oh yeah obviously.” Like being a fan of alt history or a little too into runes and shit lol
It doesn't have to mean anything, but in some cases it means they're bristling about pronouns
It’s the default option when you make an account which is where I assume most of the “I don’t give a shit about pronouns” stuff would land, yeah. I make a note of it whenever I see a bad take now lol
You also can't update them on mobile(at least in Jerboa) because there's no drop-down access and if you try to edit it at all it defaults back to (none/use name). I keep forgetting to log into the desktop site...sigh.
I was ambivalent about pronouns, but the number of transphobes who immediately outed themselves, it was absolutely the right call.