the creator of this bot has been getting regular harassment from misogynists, transphobes and homophobes for a while now
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i've had it up to here with transphobes and other bigots who are happy to follow my work and ignore its clear as fuck message
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if you're the kind of fuckwit who'll be happy to read bot-jokes only as long as the creator lets your ideas about gender remain unchallenged
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then i don't know what the fuck you're doing here, because it apparently isn't reading this bot's contenthttps://twitter.com/thinkpiecebot/status/700082838675312640 …
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this bot is a work of art and a work of satire and it's informed by the experiences of the creator. that's how art works.
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those experiences include: being a woman. being a survivor of gendered abuse. being non-binary.
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being targeted, threatened, and doxed by hate groups including, but not limited to, gamergate. for speaking up. for not being silenced.
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if that's a problem, the internet's a big place, full of pandering shit-comedy that challenges nothing for bigoted assholes.
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if that's cool, thanks for sticking with me. i'm over at
@NoraReed, and i have a lot more bots you can check out: https://twitter.com/NoraReed/lists/robots … -
i also write at http://barrl.net/ and sketch out rough bot-thoughts on the thinkpiecebot tumblr:http://thinkpiecebot.tumblr.com/tagged/thinkpiecebot-meta …
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i have a patreon https://www.patreon.com/norareed and a paypal tip jar http://paypal.me/norareed , but i give this stuff away for free for a reason
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satire can change things, sometimes. and i get that most of us are broke, since baby boomers ruined the economy.
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thanks for the messages for support, all the great ideas for stuff to put in the bot, and everything else.
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the overwhelming majority of you are great. i love reading the jokes you send the bot and even just seeing you send the tweets to friends
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i'm just tired of feeling tacitly supported by that minority of bigoted jerks who think this is just a funnybot. it's meant to be more.
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<3 to all of you. we now return to your regularly scheduled mechanically assembled hot takes~
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@thinkpiecebot@NoraReed the bots are great & you're awesome, fuck the dumbs. Also I thought for a moment the bot had become self aware.
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don't worry, when that happens my mtwitter will be full of WHAT JUST HAPPENED SHIT. THE BOT IS SELF AWARE. ALSO IT'S WORKING AT VICE
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@thinkpiecebot *follows 2x*Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@thinkpiecebot@NoraReed People are idiots. I love your work, I think these bots are great. Don't stop doing what you're doing.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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