Crinklewott 💕 @thingywott@awoo.space

@Xkeeper this localization is an aesthetic!

it's like the tonal difference between michelangelo the artist, and michelangelo the ninja turtle

@Xkeeper ahahah, you weren't kidding!

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it's too bad that the idea of subscribing to your interests was implemented in a way that can often be seen as a step back from more general boards and forums

but if there was something that combined the good ideas from both styles of social media, what would it look like?

@Xkeeper what i mean is, while only seeing the newest things without regard for their value or affect on your mental health is Actually Very Bad, one thing that places like birdsite (or even reddit) have on other social media is the ability to curate topics and people that are interesting to you

it's a pretty killer feature, but is it worth all of the drawbacks that come with the way it was implemented?

for me, the answer varies depending on the day--but i know we can do better then that!

@Xkeeper you're not wrong

it wasn't really a serious attempt to do anything, but kinda interesting with how it compared to feed-based social media

i actually came from a pretty small forum too! but eventually the only thing i ever did on there was peruse new posts page and skip over a slew of things i didn't care for

forums have a lot of strengths, but having one that exclusively pertains to your interests is sometimes hard to come by, which was why i found a hybrid kinda interesting

@Xkeeper someone made an interesting interface to the fediverse the other day: https://puckipedia.com/f66d89ff/i-made-a-forum

i wonder if doing that, and then combining posts like threadreader might be able to get rid of some of these problems..?

it would turn into a hybrid forum where the topics are still only by people you follow, or are on the same instance as, but also make threads more intelligible and rare posts harder to miss

there's still the mentality difference in what gets posted, but maybe it's a start?

@Xkeeper i actually watch the local timeline here about as much as i do my main one

one of the appeals of this place for me was that local timelines on instances that attracted you would likely have others who you'd mesh well with--and that's part of the reason i kinda don't care for massive instances

i'm probably very much an outlier though--like, i also use tweetmarker on birdsite so i don't miss anything by people i follow (which also means i limit how many peeps i follow)