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lol remember when wil was bullied off the fedi?
they should start their own lemmy instance.
He was what?! If that's true it's a shame. We all hate Wes but hating on Wil is not cool at all.
his words on it https://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-right-now-and-thats-largely-because-it-is-what-we-make-it/
That stinks. I could see him being treated very nicely around here, but maybe the same jackasses would just follow him.
Oh fuck! That is terrible. We should try to make up for it imo. Official invite to startrek.website when?
I'm sure he has an anonymous account so that he can interact with the world like the rest of us... in blissful anonymity.
Why stay on a site that reacts like that to your actual person though? I don't blame him at all for leaving
The site doesn't react to him that way, only the depraved ones that know it's him. Those types of people are everywhere not just on certain sites. If he was anonymous then he wouldn't interact with those depraved... or only as often as us randos do.
It's been enough people to have become a problem
To be honest the best thing Wil Wheaton can do is touch grass.
The internet is a toxic place and it's actually a net boon to your mental health if you stay away from it.
You reflecting on yourself, hun?
Not sure how you get there, I'm not sniveling because the internet doesn't respect my dubious celebrity lmao.
Comment sail over your head, hun?
You can frame it whatever way you want to feel good about yourself. I still don't give a fuck over here
Be more like Wil, less like Wesley.
No. What happened?
his words on it https://wilwheaton.net/2018/08/the-world-is-a-terrible-place-right-now-and-thats-largely-because-it-is-what-we-make-it/
That's way too long. Wil tends to whine a lot, so idk if he just couldn't handle Fediverse or if he was actually bullied. Do you have a TLDR?
I read most of it (skimming some paragraphs) and it sounds like he got dog piled with "go fuck yourself Westley" and other memes constantly and also mass reported while being told to apologize for being transphobic (which he claims he isn't and says he has apologized for whatever made people think that but the demands for apology never stop).
Admin told him his account is banned because he doesn't want to deal with the reports Wil also was saying it wasn't just people from that instance who harassed him and in some places like a painting section he was welcomed and had some good experiences.
Overall he said it was a bad experience and that maybe because of his reputation he will never be able to enjoy social media when people know who he is.
I probably missed some stuff or maybe misunderstood some of what he said and obviously this is his reasons paraphrased.
FWIW I know very little about him outside of the memes. No idea why people think he is transphobic or any other reason they may hate him.
The transphobic accusations are wild. He is incredibly supportive of transexuals, openly voicing his support on Facebook and Reddit all the time. That kind of goes to show how heavily weaponized and dishonest those types of bigotry accusations have become. I do think he complains an awful lot for a guy who has lived a charmed life, but from everything I've seen, he's an open-minded, progressive, liberal, accepting, and loving person. He's definitely the kind of person who should be considered an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities.
Yeah I've never got that kind of bad vibe from him. I also left out the part where he even touched on how privileged his life is and how grateful he is for that or how he said him being harassed for being transphobic is nothing like what LGBTQ+ people have to go through.
It's really shitty as it'd be cool to have someone like him showing up randomly on Lemmy like other celebs kind of do on Reddit (Arnold Schwarzenegger only one coming to mind at the moment).
Maybe he will give it another shot someday but I guess I don't see there ever not being a huge group of people waiting to harass him.
Yeah just figured I'd mention it since it became a bit more relevant to include that he wrote it.
I agree with you.
Did you just "shut up Wesley" Wil Wheaton?
"What happened? No not like that. I require my information to be spoon fed or in bite sized chunks."
Bruh.
"I wonder if he was actually bullied" with "Will tends to whine a lot" in the exact same sentence. I love how self-aware people are over here.
Saying someone whines a lot in a 3rd party conversation is not bullying. Bullying is constantly antagonizing someone until it causes them harm. I made a personal observation one time, somewhere that Wil isn't even involved.
Leave it to you to define what "bullying" is huh
We can use the stop bullying org definition , or the Merriam Webster definition:
My singular comment doesn't fall within either of those.
Cheers
lol you just did the TLDR perfectly.