Birdsite (-)
I dropped back in on my main the other day and got depressed, because posting was just as high as before I left.
I realize that making the leap is tough and I don't judge anyone who can't. It is legit hard. It's taken me years to build things up enough outside Twitter before I could even get to the point I'm at.
But the point I'm at, it's like cigarette smoke to an ex-smoker. Just cannot stand it.
Birdsite (-)
And now I have to contemplate the notion that it will remain the Everything Website indefinitely because we simply cannot get an alternative to the same level. I enjoy Mastodon, but its onboarding experience has left friends in tears.
What if this fash-enabling, brain shattering site is just, how we do the social internet from now on. Even if we hate it, we have to use it.
Birdsite (-)
If I'm trying to get a following for my work, and I'm using Twitter, and Twitter is designed to be addictive - just how much profiting off addiction can I live with?
Birdsite (-)
Bleak notions abound.
Anyways, I'm grateful this network exists, and that I have the people I've connected with in it.
