It's been a while since I've logged into dev.to (I was busy landing a new job, and I did so hopefully I get back on track soon). I'm quite surprised to find this article.
The article is a few weeks old by now and I hope you've found what you've been looking for. Personally, I would've suggested keeping such posts self-hosted and share these posts on social media more actively so you can start getting more engagement on your own site. It's a worthy investment.
That aside, I'd still be careful with these topics if I were you, regardless of the platform. I think the article was most likely taken down not because of your expressed anger but because of the content itself (as some commenters have mentioned). Dev.to prevented what would happen on another platform like Twitter, ie. very, very angry comments and DMs with death threats. :p If you need feedback from either sides for a project, you could approach them directly instead. LGBT+ people have a hard time talking about LGBT+ as well, simply because even within the community there are conflicts, controversies or not. At that point, outsiders can sort of forget about joining the discussion at all. That's my general experience as someone who's part of the community as well.
I'm not sure if my comment contributes to anything, I suppose I mainly just wanted to express my concerns about this.
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It wasn't an angry rant, it was a very carefully written piece given the subject but I have made my peace with the fact that this isn't the site for that sort of content now. I don't want to put the angry rants up as they actually are offensive, unlike this article which "didn't fit the narrative" but was polite (for a change!)...if that makes sense?
I have put time aside to build my own blog as you said, something I should have prioritised but I got complacent, hopefully I can throw something basic together over weekend.
I am not familiar with the infighting in the LGBTQIA+ community (as much as I am within the disabled community) but I am well aware how often that occurs. People are too focused on their own experiences and differences (the "I have it worse" victim syndrome that so many have) to find common ground sometimes !
Either way, thanks for popping by and giving your input, it contributed more than you thought 😁
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It's been a while since I've logged into dev.to (I was busy landing a new job, and I did so hopefully I get back on track soon). I'm quite surprised to find this article.
The article is a few weeks old by now and I hope you've found what you've been looking for. Personally, I would've suggested keeping such posts self-hosted and share these posts on social media more actively so you can start getting more engagement on your own site. It's a worthy investment.
That aside, I'd still be careful with these topics if I were you, regardless of the platform. I think the article was most likely taken down not because of your expressed anger but because of the content itself (as some commenters have mentioned). Dev.to prevented what would happen on another platform like Twitter, ie. very, very angry comments and DMs with death threats. :p If you need feedback from either sides for a project, you could approach them directly instead. LGBT+ people have a hard time talking about LGBT+ as well, simply because even within the community there are conflicts, controversies or not. At that point, outsiders can sort of forget about joining the discussion at all. That's my general experience as someone who's part of the community as well.
I'm not sure if my comment contributes to anything, I suppose I mainly just wanted to express my concerns about this.
It wasn't an angry rant, it was a very carefully written piece given the subject but I have made my peace with the fact that this isn't the site for that sort of content now. I don't want to put the angry rants up as they actually are offensive, unlike this article which "didn't fit the narrative" but was polite (for a change!)...if that makes sense?
I have put time aside to build my own blog as you said, something I should have prioritised but I got complacent, hopefully I can throw something basic together over weekend.
I am not familiar with the infighting in the LGBTQIA+ community (as much as I am within the disabled community) but I am well aware how often that occurs. People are too focused on their own experiences and differences (the "I have it worse" victim syndrome that so many have) to find common ground sometimes !
Either way, thanks for popping by and giving your input, it contributed more than you thought 😁