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I've gotten many talk rejections, I expect and am able to handle them. But I've never been so hurt as to be told that a talk by @tsyesika and myself, the co-editors of ActivityPub, when we explicitly clarified would be about decentralized social media including activitypub present and future, that it would be rejected for not being about activitypub enough
That is so deeply, incredibly hurtful
What did I spend all these years of my life for, what was the point of all this? I can't stop crying
this is such fucking bullshit
I'm not upset about the rejection, I'm upset about the reason
I posted this in a real state of hurt last night, and the hurt was contextual. I will say that, at least, I was listened to when I explained why I was hurt so badly about this, and am grateful for that.
@cwebber i am going to punch a table on your behalf
WTF! 
@cwebber@social.coop I know we don’t talk a lot, but I appreciate you and your work put into activitypub. Sure, it’s not perfect but damn it’s a beautiful thing. I’m sorry you got rejected from your talks. They don’t know what they’re missing out on, I enjoy your posts and deep dives. I hope that you don’t lose your motivation to work on things like @spritely@social.coop. I think you are a very important part of the discussion and I’d hate to see that voice of yours go.
@cwebber yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I’m sorry this happened to you both.
@cwebber totally bovine excrement.If you need to borrow my steel toed boots and wheelchair. For *reasons*, i'd be glad to come down there and give you tips.
@cwebber Cheer up friend. Don't let someone take your joy. You can choose to not be upset. Being upset about the actions of others only hurts you. When someone says something bad to you and you get upset, you become enslaved to them. Just realize, you spend all these years of your life to make the world a better place. If they don't want to, you just keep going until you find someone who does. :) Everyday is a new beginning. When you choose how to feel instead of reacting to how you feel, you free your self and become the master of your destiny. I hope you have an awesome day!
@cwebber that really smells like a decision made by an LLM
@cwebber I'll watch any talk you give. Your interest in a topic hold meaning for me!
@cwebber i appreciate it! i think esp as transfemmes we've been taught to not get in the way with our actual feelings a lot (and sometimes its obviously actual transphobia) - it feels like transfemme brilliance is constantly overlooked esp when you see the mediocre talks people do do at stuff like that. i think its good to be honest and it makes me feel better about my recent rejections too
@cwebber Your response was justified and I hope you both get to give your presentation somewhere else
@cwebber yeah that is weapons-grade bullshit
Yeah total bullshit. Really sorry to hear it.