One of the problems shared by many social media platforms, is the "pile on" effect. Someone says something dumb and the entire Internet shows up on their doorstep to mock them.
Twitter has this problem in spades, it's one of the reasons it has a bad reputation for harassment.
As far as I know, there is nothing technically preventing the same problem here in the #fediverse though.
If it became a social norm to just star people who have already responded instead of piling on, that would help.
@HerraBRE Although I'd say its status as a problem is relative to who's being piled on. Less worried about fairness with someone powerful v. someone less-powerful; less worried if they are a bigot than if it's over their identity.
@HerraBRE Totally, personally I worry more about what doing it does/would do to myself. I appreciate your attention to nuance w/ this stuff.
@paulsheprow My post was mostly intended to encourage people to be mindful of this issue.
The debate over who "deserves" or "can take" what is basically online bullying is not one I want to get into. Everyone will have their own personal shitlist of people who "need punishing."