<![CDATA[If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you.]]>If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you.

The development probably came about through the concerted, intelligent efforts of a lot of people.

You're telling them their efforts do not matter.

More work needs doing. We all know that. Keep you allies standing to do the work. Appreciate what they have done and what they are doing.

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Exactly. It is deeply exasperating.

But, then again, exasperation is the precise point of concern trolling. Many of the nitpickers are literally there to make sure that nobody else comes around and that any reach a beneficial message might have is diminished as much as possible.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/SuneAuken/statuses/117224835027401447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/SuneAuken/statuses/117224835027401447Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:37:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you. on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:19:32 GMT]]>@SuneAuken @madsenandersc I've noticed that too. A deluge of negative, nitpicking, moaning, concern trolling, unconstructive replies to every single EU post. I respect the fact that they are here in the Fediverse at all, unlike most official institutions, and that they are trying to do positive things.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/117224529780523678https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.green/users/CiaraNi/statuses/117224529780523678Sun, 06 Sep 2026 14:19:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you. on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:28:25 GMT]]>@madsenandersc

No, this is fine. You don't engage any individual troll; you simply point out the problem and support the initiative.

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I know I shouldn't, but I couldn't help myself. Like you said, they almost certainly can't be reasoned with, but I had to leave a comment on that thread anyway.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/117223327965850581https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/117223327965850581Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:13:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you. on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:01:58 GMT]]>@madsenandersc

Case in point indeed.

The replies to every announcement from the EU commision is like that. They do something reasonable and get drowned in concern trolling.

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Case in point:

https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/117222919584567363

God, I hate humans sometimes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/117223271579122942https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/madsenandersc/statuses/117223271579122942Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:59:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If your first reaction to a positive development is to start listing why it's not enough, I'll block you. on Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:25:25 GMT]]>@madsenandersc

I take people who do that to be concern trolls. They are there to get you down. Whether for political purposes or because they are themselves deluded, I don't really care.

I sometimes try to reason with them. I've never seen it work.

So it's now.

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THIS! SO MUCH THIS!

There are few things as rage inducing as when you do your absolute best to improve the world in whatever small way, you as a single human can change anything, just to have someone scold you for not fixing the entire problem yourself, and telling you that your personal contribution will not matter one bit anyway. I simply hate that.

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