New contribution requesting with requests for answers: Carlos Paes on "The crowd and the star: a small scapegoat model, eight pile-ons, and a request for suggestions" rofasss.org/2026/11/04/t... #networks #memetics #pileons #scapegoating #socialscience #abm #simulation #netlogo
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November 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
New contribution requesting with requests for answers: Carlos Paes on "The crowd and the star: a small scapegoat model, eight pile-ons, and a request for suggestions" rofasss.org/2026/11/04/t... #networks #memetics #pileons #scapegoating #socialscience #abm #simulation #netlogo
- You can un-vouch at any time, if all vouches are withdrawn from an account it goes back to Coventry.
- Bad actors can be culled back up the chain if it's obvious someone is running a vouch-mill.
- Brigading and pileons can be managed by admins who can override vouch-chain penalties.
- Bad actors can be culled back up the chain if it's obvious someone is running a vouch-mill.
- Brigading and pileons can be managed by admins who can override vouch-chain penalties.
November 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
- You can un-vouch at any time, if all vouches are withdrawn from an account it goes back to Coventry.
- Bad actors can be culled back up the chain if it's obvious someone is running a vouch-mill.
- Brigading and pileons can be managed by admins who can override vouch-chain penalties.
- Bad actors can be culled back up the chain if it's obvious someone is running a vouch-mill.
- Brigading and pileons can be managed by admins who can override vouch-chain penalties.
I'm glad the bigots can't leave reviews. Those pileons sometimes lasts for weeks
October 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
I'm glad the bigots can't leave reviews. Those pileons sometimes lasts for weeks
Seeing people complaining that "Tyler (From the Internet)" has been suspended and saying he did nothing wrong.
Given that he's one of the fuckers who was responsible for driving a pileon against me (for saying "don't do pileons against people") that ruined two days of my life, fuck him.
Given that he's one of the fuckers who was responsible for driving a pileon against me (for saying "don't do pileons against people") that ruined two days of my life, fuck him.
October 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Seeing people complaining that "Tyler (From the Internet)" has been suspended and saying he did nothing wrong.
Given that he's one of the fuckers who was responsible for driving a pileon against me (for saying "don't do pileons against people") that ruined two days of my life, fuck him.
Given that he's one of the fuckers who was responsible for driving a pileon against me (for saying "don't do pileons against people") that ruined two days of my life, fuck him.
There's also the type of quotes that are innocent (not always sincerely so), but end up as instigators of pileons by much less pleasant quoters
October 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
There's also the type of quotes that are innocent (not always sincerely so), but end up as instigators of pileons by much less pleasant quoters
October 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Do trans woman really deserve week-long pileons from hundreds of people when they say something stupid?
October 16, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Do trans woman really deserve week-long pileons from hundreds of people when they say something stupid?
I too am going to stop posting about Israel/Palestinians & stop responding to the "Everything is about race" crowd too. Too many trolls respond endlessly, in pileons, to posts on those topics. They waste our time.
October 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
I too am going to stop posting about Israel/Palestinians & stop responding to the "Everything is about race" crowd too. Too many trolls respond endlessly, in pileons, to posts on those topics. They waste our time.
Friendly fire pileons are a rite of passage.
October 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Friendly fire pileons are a rite of passage.
Look I'm never gonna pretend there isn't mass harassment or even pileons on here-they are and they suck
But I have never-EVER!-felt the levels of anxiety on posting here like I did on Twitter. It fucking trains your brain to hyper-analyse every syllable to avoid random weirdos ruining your life
But I have never-EVER!-felt the levels of anxiety on posting here like I did on Twitter. It fucking trains your brain to hyper-analyse every syllable to avoid random weirdos ruining your life
Bluesky right now is better for me than Twitter ever was even at its peak.
While it’s definitely not an echo chamber - I wouldn’t care if it was. I’ve heard enough bigotry and anti-science garbage in my life to know what their arguments are. I don’t need to hear it every day to be educated on it.
While it’s definitely not an echo chamber - I wouldn’t care if it was. I’ve heard enough bigotry and anti-science garbage in my life to know what their arguments are. I don’t need to hear it every day to be educated on it.
October 7, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Look I'm never gonna pretend there isn't mass harassment or even pileons on here-they are and they suck
But I have never-EVER!-felt the levels of anxiety on posting here like I did on Twitter. It fucking trains your brain to hyper-analyse every syllable to avoid random weirdos ruining your life
But I have never-EVER!-felt the levels of anxiety on posting here like I did on Twitter. It fucking trains your brain to hyper-analyse every syllable to avoid random weirdos ruining your life
Pileons like this give people who are deeply angry about a number of things in the world an excuse to focus their effort on offloading that grief onto strangers with no real power. And it requires no effort on their part. They did an activism without leaving their couch
The woman carrying the baby and food in the Giants game clip that went viral has written the full story of her marriage and what happened in the stands that night. If you’ve commented or shared any of the clips you also need to read and share her story themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...
I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
themomoftheyear.substack.com
September 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Pileons like this give people who are deeply angry about a number of things in the world an excuse to focus their effort on offloading that grief onto strangers with no real power. And it requires no effort on their part. They did an activism without leaving their couch
I just have been subject to too many pileons; if you quote me without giving me any way to respond, especially in a way that presents as an argument, then I’m detaching so I don’t have to deal with your followers lol
September 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM
I just have been subject to too many pileons; if you quote me without giving me any way to respond, especially in a way that presents as an argument, then I’m detaching so I don’t have to deal with your followers lol
its a strategy wirh a broad ideological base, which os why its so good at producing pileons and getting people to leave platforms
September 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM
its a strategy wirh a broad ideological base, which os why its so good at producing pileons and getting people to leave platforms
no, she was suspended for encouraging pileons
September 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM
no, she was suspended for encouraging pileons
No she wasn’t. Se was suspended for making fun of someone’s disability. No one on this site encourages pileons on this site nite than Will Stancil and he has not been banned.
September 20, 2026 at 3:47 PM
No she wasn’t. Se was suspended for making fun of someone’s disability. No one on this site encourages pileons on this site nite than Will Stancil and he has not been banned.
and this is an indictment of the nuclear block, in that the nuclear block drives screenshot-driven pileons which are worse than if you just left the person muted but not blocked.
September 18, 2026 at 12:58 AM
and this is an indictment of the nuclear block, in that the nuclear block drives screenshot-driven pileons which are worse than if you just left the person muted but not blocked.
On the one hand, I was cooking a take that for Bsky, combat posting/pileons/main charactering naturally bleed down the user base of a microblog without the mass network effect to compensate
OTOH, this place still has enough clout that a pseudonymous poster's battle thread warrants a response?
🤷♂️
OTOH, this place still has enough clout that a pseudonymous poster's battle thread warrants a response?
🤷♂️
September 17, 2026 at 5:55 AM
On the one hand, I was cooking a take that for Bsky, combat posting/pileons/main charactering naturally bleed down the user base of a microblog without the mass network effect to compensate
OTOH, this place still has enough clout that a pseudonymous poster's battle thread warrants a response?
🤷♂️
OTOH, this place still has enough clout that a pseudonymous poster's battle thread warrants a response?
🤷♂️
She has been known to dabble ☺️
*sensible centrist pileons on Bluesky are always hilarious, they’re not very good at it & six likes is considered a tsunami here 🤣
*sensible centrist pileons on Bluesky are always hilarious, they’re not very good at it & six likes is considered a tsunami here 🤣
September 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
She has been known to dabble ☺️
*sensible centrist pileons on Bluesky are always hilarious, they’re not very good at it & six likes is considered a tsunami here 🤣
*sensible centrist pileons on Bluesky are always hilarious, they’re not very good at it & six likes is considered a tsunami here 🤣
(I blocked Stancil after he joined in a pileon against me, quote-skeeting me saying that quote-skeet pileons are bad (the post that started this particular pileon on me) to say it's OK when he does it because none of his followers would ever attack anyone.
September 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
(I blocked Stancil after he joined in a pileon against me, quote-skeeting me saying that quote-skeet pileons are bad (the post that started this particular pileon on me) to say it's OK when he does it because none of his followers would ever attack anyone.
4. you're allowed to disagree with, counteract, debate wrong/bad/cringe ideas
5. joining in on social media pileons initiated by ideological enemies meant to visibly humiliate people does not constitute disagreement/counteraction/debate
5. joining in on social media pileons initiated by ideological enemies meant to visibly humiliate people does not constitute disagreement/counteraction/debate
September 7, 2026 at 2:39 AM
4. you're allowed to disagree with, counteract, debate wrong/bad/cringe ideas
5. joining in on social media pileons initiated by ideological enemies meant to visibly humiliate people does not constitute disagreement/counteraction/debate
5. joining in on social media pileons initiated by ideological enemies meant to visibly humiliate people does not constitute disagreement/counteraction/debate
“I’m so disturbed by how they harassed a Black professor to suicide and are using this as a fascist rallying cry”
“Hey so will you be careful with creating pileons and aiding in amplifying anti Black noise that is obviously made for non Black creators to game engagement?!”
“Hey so will you be careful with creating pileons and aiding in amplifying anti Black noise that is obviously made for non Black creators to game engagement?!”
Golden Girls: Dorothy Zbornak Says 'God, I Hope So'
ALT: Golden Girls: Dorothy Zbornak Says 'God, I Hope So'
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September 7, 2026 at 4:40 AM
“I’m so disturbed by how they harassed a Black professor to suicide and are using this as a fascist rallying cry”
“Hey so will you be careful with creating pileons and aiding in amplifying anti Black noise that is obviously made for non Black creators to game engagement?!”
“Hey so will you be careful with creating pileons and aiding in amplifying anti Black noise that is obviously made for non Black creators to game engagement?!”
two thoughts I can hold simultaneously:
it's hard to trust any social media site to effectively or equitably police pileons
AND
wow, that's a whole lot of the usual suspects baby birthday boying about how it's CUTE and LEFTIST when THEY do targeted harassment, actually
it's hard to trust any social media site to effectively or equitably police pileons
AND
wow, that's a whole lot of the usual suspects baby birthday boying about how it's CUTE and LEFTIST when THEY do targeted harassment, actually
September 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
two thoughts I can hold simultaneously:
it's hard to trust any social media site to effectively or equitably police pileons
AND
wow, that's a whole lot of the usual suspects baby birthday boying about how it's CUTE and LEFTIST when THEY do targeted harassment, actually
it's hard to trust any social media site to effectively or equitably police pileons
AND
wow, that's a whole lot of the usual suspects baby birthday boying about how it's CUTE and LEFTIST when THEY do targeted harassment, actually
thank f for the ability to mute reposts from usually ok accounts that share obviously bullshit beatups and pileons
September 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
thank f for the ability to mute reposts from usually ok accounts that share obviously bullshit beatups and pileons