Hypothesis: platforms whither and die when they no longer feel like places we can safely be emotionally honest. We stop posting about the actually unique and compelling parts of our lives. The vacuum is then filled with sanitized selves and performative politics, which ultimately isn't nourishing.
I definitely feel like this is a lot of what's happened to fb and increasingly to birdsite, anyway.
So let's be open and kind to each other here, okay?