For these who clicked expecting a juicy story, sorry to disappoint a bit - this is not about death threats or anything of that sort. I got into a political debate with a social justice type snowflake colleague on social media and dared to express a somewhat unpopular, but not at all extreme view. He quickly promised to start a public shaming campaign on me. I politely hinted that this probably violates our company code of conduct. The discussion had nothing to do with our company. My comments were balanced (at least in my view) and definitely not personal. I think what he wrote qualifies as "online bullying". About one hour after he blocked me, but I got screenshots. I'm inclined not to give a fuck, but curious to know what other people think of the situation and what would you do in my place?
“I got into a fight on social media with an SJW snowflake, I should report him right?” ~ totally not a snowflake
Learn to read. I wrote that I don't intend to.
Only if he was a crap engineer
Rule 1: no political discussions at work Rule 2: don't take bait/feed the trolls Rule 3: end conversations quickly if they go that route. Yeah, SJWs are a fact of life. Yeah, many feel it is their duty to harass and worse, people who don't agree with their radical worldview. If a threat was issued, on company networks or machines, yeah report it to HR. Though you would have some of your own explaining to do. If a threat was issued outside of work, in a public foray, remember that SJWs are attention starved virtue signalled, and bullies. Best is to ignore them. This of course leads to rule 4: do not mix personal and professional groups. There is only pain at the end of this road. If the threat results in harmful action, you can always reach out to the police. Who in theory are there to help. Though if you are in the PNW, the will be on the SJWs side. Then you'll need to move to a less insane area.
Yes I would
Would you feel shame if everyone you work with saw what you wrote on social media? I mean there are photos of me on social media trying to feed a banana to a mailbox while on ayahuasca - but it’s out there now and I just gotta own it. If this person said they were going to: intentionally lie about you; or wanted to hurt your career due to a secret personal grudge/social-media political argument; or threatened to attack you physically... then you’d have something to report. You can’t really report: “I said something that a coworker thought was offensive and now they’re going to tell other people what I said.”
No, I'm not ashamed at all about what I said/wrote in the conversation. But your argument is flawed. Have you not heard about a single shaming campaign which hurt someone for no good reason?
Yeah shaming can be bad when done in bad faith or overly moralistic ways. But if someone’s just repeating what you wrote to them, then there’s not much you can do about it.
I think you should put out a restraining order against him to stop him from posting about you. This happened outside of work so you may as well get the cops involved.
Sarcasm?
No I'm serious. You should probably do something as he could actually do serious damage, but since this is on social media your company can't help you.
Can you elaborate on the political debate and what your unpopular opinion was? I would be careful, especially if the view is offensive to others in the company
I realize that it is an important detail, but I'm a bit cautious of posting the details here. My company name is on my profile and for all I know, that person or his friends can be on Blind too. For now, let me say this: 1. The view has absolutely whatsoever nothing to do with that person or any group he may think he is part of. 2. With a bit of a stretch, I can see how someone could consider it offensive - taking into account that a whole lot of things are sometimes considered offensive these days.
Dude how many people do you think get into social media fights with coworkers? If he sees this thread he'll know who it is regardless