Social Media Unpleasant Thoughts
Oct. 21st, 2024 07:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phormthevixdjinnOf course the loss of CoHost is something some of us, myself included, are still reeling from. It was a unique platform that honestly can't be replaced, no matter how much one tries to. That's something to be accepted, and I think I'm approaching that point slowly. I am, of course, grateful to have this place to host my fiction, at least.
But Cohost's demise paired with the spectacular failure of Twitter has driven people to BlueSky in droves. It's a palpable difference this time, compared to every other blunder that Twitter has made. I've never seen such a literal overnight migration.
On the one hand: good. Twitter delenda est. I have no love for the platform.
On the other hand: I am pulling my hair out screaming as so many people I know and care about, who valued what CoHost offered, are scurrying to BlueSky. The platform is toxic, and has all the issues that Twitter had before the buyout. It's a moderation hellscape, where literal Nazis are allowed to run roughshod over the timeline and users are just told to ignore them.
The platform has a literal slider for how much racism and hate you want to see!! Why not ban those accounts?? Why let them thrive??
Beyond that, the quote-post function and algorithmic behavior mean that it is, once again, a platform that thrives on monetizing rage and baiting engagement. BlueSky IS Twitter, just a few years behind.
I can't bring myself to use the platform. It makes me sad to see so many rush to it and praise it as a wonderful solution, for the reasons I describe above. But what hurts more is that by not participating, I functionally cease to exist to so many people.
I only ever existed to them when they saw my idiot posts float across their timeline. Now that I'm not on the platform of choice, it's as if I've evaporated into the aether. Even if I have alternative methods of communication established, I'm basically meaningless and left behind.
It's not a pleasant feeling, but it is a familiar one.
A reminder that all I have is me, and I'll never have anyone else.
But Cohost's demise paired with the spectacular failure of Twitter has driven people to BlueSky in droves. It's a palpable difference this time, compared to every other blunder that Twitter has made. I've never seen such a literal overnight migration.
On the one hand: good. Twitter delenda est. I have no love for the platform.
On the other hand: I am pulling my hair out screaming as so many people I know and care about, who valued what CoHost offered, are scurrying to BlueSky. The platform is toxic, and has all the issues that Twitter had before the buyout. It's a moderation hellscape, where literal Nazis are allowed to run roughshod over the timeline and users are just told to ignore them.
The platform has a literal slider for how much racism and hate you want to see!! Why not ban those accounts?? Why let them thrive??
Beyond that, the quote-post function and algorithmic behavior mean that it is, once again, a platform that thrives on monetizing rage and baiting engagement. BlueSky IS Twitter, just a few years behind.
I can't bring myself to use the platform. It makes me sad to see so many rush to it and praise it as a wonderful solution, for the reasons I describe above. But what hurts more is that by not participating, I functionally cease to exist to so many people.
I only ever existed to them when they saw my idiot posts float across their timeline. Now that I'm not on the platform of choice, it's as if I've evaporated into the aether. Even if I have alternative methods of communication established, I'm basically meaningless and left behind.
It's not a pleasant feeling, but it is a familiar one.
A reminder that all I have is me, and I'll never have anyone else.
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Date: 2024-10-22 04:47 am (UTC)Yeah I definitely hear ya. And no problem. The league is basically its own mini federation like the fediverse, but isn't attached to that larger one. Lots of chosters who didn't want to go back to the type of pre-cohost social platforms (twitter, bluesky, etc) came together to work on it, and the major difference between it and the fediverse at large has to do with operating philosophy and governance. For new nodes to join the league they have to agree to remove functionality from the node that leads to dark patterns, like cohost did. No follower count or like counts and things like that. And there has to be no objections from those in the governance committee, currently called stewards, against the node joining. Just to ensure groups with ill intent don't come in and start trashing the place. There's functional differences being implemented over time to adopt some more cohost like behavior, like how replies will be displayed, but that feels like the less important part.
Lotsa people are feeling pretty miserable lately, nothing wrong with voicing it hug I haven't quite been miserable, but that might just be because I've been too busy and tired to not be thinking about current circumstances enough. I'm sorry I haven't been sharing more either. I've been meaning to pick your brain about the idea of super mundane genie "bottles" that I've been mulling over, because I'm a bit of a trashy sort and if I were a genie I figure the vessel I'd call home would be trashy/trash too XD
Thank you for being here as well <3