In my own experience, the internet is best for shocking, short-term nastiness. I’ve rarely met anyone in person who was quite as obnoxious or annoying as a particularly bad hit-and-run online troll.
IRL contact is still the “best” for deeply hurtful, damaging, long-term cruelty.
To me, the links to alternate communities are essential. They allow you to set restrictions while still maintaining a helpful atmosphere. Sometimes, people have legitimate, good-faith questions, and don’t know where to ask them. Those links help demonstrate a real concern for the users. Well done!
I don’t find it terrifying at all. I just think the “boyfriend” is laughably pathetic.
I wish more human women had the freedom, choice, self-respect, and/or strength not to have relationships with men who refuse to treat them as equals. Society as a whole would be better off. Of course, this is an oversimplification of a complex problem, and everyone has their own unique and important story. I think it’s generally true, though.
In my own experience, the internet is best for shocking, short-term nastiness. I’ve rarely met anyone in person who was quite as obnoxious or annoying as a particularly bad hit-and-run online troll.
IRL contact is still the “best” for deeply hurtful, damaging, long-term cruelty.