I got that comment on my book as well, and it had me glowing for weeks. We need more egg-cracking literature!

Yep, trans is an adjective, woman is the noun! It's grammatically improper for the same reason we typically don't smash together "tallwoman," "oldwoman," or "gayman" into one word.

And as you say, the one-word version has recently become a subtle linguistic dogwhistle spread by right wing groups.

Just another way this platform is slowly turning into that other one. Call it enXittification.

Anyway! 🌈🚀 How odd, the bots are among us! Love that for you. Reminds me of that one queer SFF book, "H̵̖̑ĕ̵̬l̸̙͗p̶͘͜!̴͈͌ ̸̬͠M̵̻̾y̸̻͂ ̶͈̄m̷̥͐i̷͂͜n̶͙̓d̷̘̄ ̷̖͒ḥ̵͠ă̷̭s̷̋͜ ̷̖̒b̶̩̐e̶̮̍e̵̳͌n̴̡̂ ̸̭̓u̷̥̇p̸̲͐l̴̠̾o̶͓̾a̴̗̎ď̴͈è̸̦d̵͍̀ ̶͙̇i̵͓͐n̴̙̿t̴͈̍o̸̻̊ ̶̡͘a̴̺͊n̴͙̈́ ̸̪̅Ả̵͉Ī̸͙ ̸̘̈́c̴͓̈́h̵̿͜a̴͚̍t̵͈̿b̴̡̌ò̴̫ẗ̷̖́!̷̡̽" on Kindle! Have you ever been assimilated?? 😯😜

But the first few posts aren't enough anymore.
I look at every account I follow back, but if a bunch of people you follow are already following, it's easier to drop one's guard and assume the crowd knows best. Either the wisdom of the crowd has failed, or I'm in a really weird dead internet bubble.

Sometimes they're really obvious. I saw this one today. See how it smashes certain keywords and hashtags in different configurations, always with that engagement-driving question, trying to pull people in.

A few observations, aside from the obvious fact that no human would engage with spam like that. Bots often drop the "I" at the start of their sentences to try to sound casual, they use emoji sequences to get onto particular feeds, and they always end with a question to try boosting engagement.

Not trying to dogpile any particular accounts. The issue is widespread.

These accounts often appear reasonable at a precursory glance. You might not catch them until they reply to some nonsensical hashtag storm, making sense of nothing, then pivoting to sell their two ebooks.

That sounds fantastic, I immediately added it to the top of my list!

Our Simulated Selves had sixteen drafts... somebody please stop me if this one approaches anywhere near that 🥲

Oh, I wrote one! Our Simulated Selves. It's a cyberthriller that explores that classic trans sapphic conundrum of "do I like her or want to *be* like her?" but it's decidedly NOT a romance novel. MC is a closeted, oblivious trans programmer in a simulation controlled by their real-life counterpart.

Sorry if this is about me or if I have contributed at all to the need for this message 😅

Is it too late to add another? I just saw this and I think it would be fun to be part of a bundle!

...you just unlocked 25-year-old memories of the ancient flame wars as people crashed out about trolls lying about Stop 'n' Swop working in the Banjo-Kazooie GameFAQs message board

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