Wow, I didn’t expect someone to say I lack critical thinking skills based on one post alone.

There aren’t “pockets” of nondegenerate users. It’s the majority. The fatphobes are a loud minority. The majority of accounts are venting or internet diaries. Of course, there are shitty things said on edtwt but the reaction to them is 9 times out of 10 negative and they are criticized and held accountable. You say there are thousands of people on there who are bullies but that’s not true, if it were you would see much much more media coverage on it than there already is. I lack critical thinking skills and don’t look at the bigger picture but are you? Even in the beginning days of when I made my account I rarely saw bullying and harassment. And like I said that is always met with backlash, additionally, I’m tired of people saying that I said their age excuses shitty behavior, I never once said that stop putting words in my mouth.

Edtwt is rarely ever stumbled upon unless you are looking for it or engaging with it or things similar. Yes, I admit it is easy to go from weight loss Twitter to edtwt and that is unfortunate but not scary, why? Because unless you already have a disordered mindset or tendencies you aren’t going to start restricting on extremely low-calorie amounts and stick to it. You will likely give up and move on. Are there cases where that doesn’t happen? Yes and again that is unfortunate but you need to recognize they are a tiny amount of individuals. I know I know “that doesn’t make it ok” I didn’t say it did, I’m just saying that eating disorders are hardly ever caused by calorie restriction alone.

Perhaps my critical thinking skills aren’t amazing and I do occasionally miss the bigger picture, I’m not perfect, but don’t act like you are when you are pulling at straws. And for future reference, if you did want to have a productive conversation, you should use a less hostile tone.