Post AF1aoQbIE22MFPvSHA by qyliss@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AF1aoQbIE22MFPvSHA by qyliss@mastodon.social
       2021-12-10T02:26:50Z
       
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       I don't think I'm very likely to come back to regularly beinghere.  I've been thinking about it a lot recently, and I just think the incentives that the design of microblogging creates are too unhealthy.  The best way to play is to be loud, and to just ignore or shoot down constructive responses rather than engage with them.  Even if we don't want to be like that, we'restill encouraged to be by the design (the system, if you will.)
       
 (DIR) Post #AF1aoRG3mSeAHr00oq by qyliss@mastodon.social
       2021-12-10T02:31:49Z
       
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       It's sad — there are some lovely people here.  But the thought of coming back fills me with dread because of how bad it makes me feel to have awful takes shoved in front of my face that the poster isn't interested in engaging with beyond broadcasting it and  being congratulated for their perfect opinion.The design of microblogging pushes us towards broadcast, not to converse with or relate to each other, and I don't think it's a healthy way to interact.  Other online spaces are not like this.
       
 (DIR) Post #AF1aoRn1nt1Bw6QLCq by qyliss@mastodon.social
       2021-12-10T02:36:25Z
       
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       I've been pushed to use microblogging this way as much as anybody, and in my post history are some takes that I knew would hurt people who saw them and who clearly disagreed, but that I felt encouraged to post anyway for reasons that are difficult to put into words.  And who the hell am I to shove what I think onto other people's timelines?  Why should they care what I think?
       
 (DIR) Post #AF1aoSHVyXP9Seggj2 by qyliss@mastodon.social
       2021-12-10T02:41:48Z
       
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       in the end, it was too easy for me to be tricked into thinking posting takes that would annoy half my friends was making the world better.
       
 (DIR) Post #AF1aoSleAVVWy6mkgy by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2022-01-02T08:51:16Z
       
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       @qyliss Maybe a realtime chat network is more like what you're looking for from a federated social network? For example, apps like Snikket (XMPP) or Element (matrix).
       
 (DIR) Post #AF1aoW7jgpxXNU8w2S by qyliss@mastodon.social
       2021-12-10T02:39:26Z
       
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       friends I made here, I still care about you, even if we don't/can't talk much any more. <3