Hello everyone, I'm Amethyst and this is the introduction to Why I Hate Quotev. I will basically be explaining and discussing why Quotev is toxic. Now, I put a mature rating on this book. I will be discussing some controversial topics - and a few tr...
Okay, this might be the longest chapter in the whole exposé. And this is probably also ther chapter where my anti-wokeness may come through, so. . . There's your warning.
If you don't know who the title is in reference to, I'm talking about the Quotev user .LegendKiller. And if you are a current or former Quotev user and have never had the fortune of interacting with this person. . . consider yourself lucky. This person is, in a word, insufferable. This person has been known to promote behaviors such as stalking and verbal abuse (including the use of slurs). And they unfortunately found my page.
Actually, it was my own fault. A couple of my mutuals on Quotev were complaining about them, so I wanted to see what the fuss was about. I went over to their page and started viewing their posts, only gently interacting with them. And I guess that made them free to interact back. Now, those of you who know me know I don't believe in being "woke." Yes, social justice is important, and yes, we can change the world if we try. But so many activists have taken their "wokeness" too far. I'd made a couple posts on Quotev expressing this sentiment, and this .LegendKiller character just commented with a bunch of rants like "If basic human decency is woke then you should be ashamed you aren't." I didn't want to waste my time explaining myself to them, so I just ignored it. But then they commented on a post saying that no one should use slurs, even if it was in an attempt to reclaim them. Their comment just said "No" in outright disagreement. I decided to reason with them and say that most of these words (such as the N word) were derogatory, and we should just stop using derogatory language all together. They went on to ask if I was black, and said that if I wasn't black I couldn't have an opinion about the N word. The thing is, I am black, and my opinion is that no one should ever use that word. Ever. I replied to .LegendKiller expressing this sentiment. Their exact reply, word for word, was this: "Given how many white supremacist talking points I've seen on your feed I find that extremely hard to believe"
Wow. Talk about racist. What even are "white supremacist talking points?" See, I don't even understand that kind of "woke" language. So many people throw buzzwords around like those and then they get mad when no one takes them seriously anymore. Lord knows I can't take them seriously anymore. But anyway, .LegendKiller blocked me after that interaction (good riddance, racist) and I thought it was over. But then, several weeks later, I made this post:
"Wait, so trans men are men, right? Then why are there trans male students at my women's school??"
Was it offensive? Yeah, probably. But are there any names? Did I directly attack anyone (other than the school itself)? No.
Then why does user .Slyandthegang think they were justified in replying to the post:
"Because people like you keep the trans men from going to men's schools"
Bold accusation. This .Slyandthegang account was 5 days old at the time, so they hadn't been following me long enough to know what my intentions were in making this post. (For the record, I was not attacking trans people; I was attacking my own school. If trans men don't feel comfortable being called women, why do they still refer to themselves as a "women's school" if they know they have trans male students?) Anyway, I immediately knew that user .Slyandthegang was trying to start something, so I deleted their comment. Ain't nobody got time for that. (And they clearly didn't read my BYF either because it clearly says to avoid interacting with me if you just want to instigate something.) But anyway, after I deleted their comment and soft-blocked them, they replied to my same post from a different account with a screenshot of the comment from .Slyandthegang I'd just deleted. And they'd captioned it "we saw this OP, you're not sneaky"
I was going to reply, "Neither are you" but thought better of it and just deleted that comment. And then .Slyandthegang came back and commented again on the post with the exact same thing they had posted before. I just deleted it again because I still didn't want to deal with them.
And then they commented on a post of mine where I'd highlighted .LegendKiller being racist to me in my comment section. This .Slyandthegang user then admitted - straight-up admitted - that they'd been behind the .LegendKiller account. So .LegendKiller the racist was also .Slyandthegang the nuisance. Good to know.
Anyway, after .Slyandthegang attempted (and failed) to explain away their racism, they commented, "why you keep deleting my comments, OP? Can't stand to be proven wrong?" Again, proven wrong about what? They didn't have anything to make a claim off of, and weren't giving me any "proof" to show I was wrong (wrong about what? all I did was ask a question). They were just making a blind stab and going with it. Again, didn't want to put up with that, so deleted their comments and soft-blocked them yet again.
And what do you know, they came back a third time, making the same exact comment. I replied this time: "Bish you don't even know me" to which they started insisting I was "transphobic" because of the question I was trying to ask, and how I was "embarrassed" that they'd "proved me wrong." I told them that they hadn't proved me wrong about anything, and if they hated me so much, why didn't they just block me and leave? They were like, "I don't hate you; I'm just point out your hypocrisy"
What fooking hypocrisy?? I was pointing out my school's hypocrisy, and .Slyandthegang was acting like I was the problem. But whatever. So yes, I deleted their comments again (and why I didn't hard-block them at this point I haven't the faintest idea). And then they came to another post of mine (I don't even remember what this post was about anymore. I think it was about how "woke" things seem to get nowhere) and started ranting in the comment section about how "Being woke means you stand up for people's rights. You should be ashamed you're not woke." Well, I'll tell you one thing: if being "woke" means acting insufferable like user .Slyandthegang, then I'm glad I'm not "woke."
Oh yeah, and then this same person got mad at me for misgendering them. And yes, it was an accident. The name in their display was "Cooper," but they didn't specify any pronouns, so I just went with "he." And of course they got mad at me misgendering them and used this as an excuse to call me "transphobic" and saying I don't like them "because they're transgender."
Part of that is true. I do not like this person. And it has nothing to do with them being transgender. I didn't even know they were transgender until they started mouthing off about it. I don't like this person because they are a racist and a nuisance and straight-up insufferable. Here's a quick screenshot I took of a post I made on Quotev defining this and them proceeding to threaten me (again) in the comment section and then instantly blocking me (which reeks of cowardice):
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It's kind of blurry, so I'll replicate it here:
"You don't like me because I'm trans"
No, I don't. I didn't even know you were trans until you blabbed it to me. I don't like you because you're a racist, and nuisance, and straight-up annoying. You're the one who comes into my comment section and tries to attack me when you barely known a thing about who I am, what I do, and where I've been. And you think that me deleting your comments is me saying, "Oh, no, I'm so scared of being proved wrong." No. I just don't want to put up with your insufferableness. I should be the one to file a restraining order against YOU.
And here is the reply from .Slyandthegang (typos and all), right before they blocked me:
You legally cant file a restraining orderer against me but I could sew your ass for defamation. I'm literally a law student,dont fuck with me lil man
Best Law student ever! They must be at the top of their class! I graduated college with two degrees but you don't hear me bragging, do you? But yeah, thankfully that was the last interaction I've ever had with that insufferable jerk. I hope you never cross paths with them.
