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moving over to bluesky from twitter was huge for my mental health because twitter sucked so bad but over the years bluesky has now become pretty much just as bad because well it is also literally just twitter. we did build the demon again to be fair

using this site makes me very anxious. i am hyper-aware of how visible i am, how easy it is to create enemies and upset people with random posts you might not have thought through, which in turn makes you less vulnerable online, which in turn makes you come across as even more standoffish etc

so the timeline becomes a place for only your most strongly held opinions or irreverent jokes, sometimes both at the same time, and combined with the constant pressure to weigh in on daily discourse it leads to an environment that naturally cultivates a vibe of appearing callous and superior

I feel this so much. I really, really, really don't like who I am if you look at my feed on this platform, but also it's what the platform facilitates. It's what it pushes you to be!

I call these platforms "Big Bucket" social media and I think it's an inherently flawed model that creates an antisocial and neurotic site culture.

You put EVERYONE in the same Big Bucket where they can jostle around and run into each other. Even with curated feeds there's no way to guarantee you won't run into someone who uses the platform for completely different reasons than you. This introduces corrosive social dynamics.

there was a time when being quite good at this made people more connected and employable and i think we have reached a tipping point a long time ago that the exact opposite is true of both

I hate to say it, cause I wouldn't be following if I didn't overall find your posts entertaining and interesting, but yes every once in a while you come off much like you described not wanting to come off as. I don't think it's your fault, I think it's the platform environment, as you described.

Bluesky is definitely the platform for getting the worst impressions of people. Many folks I’m following on here I wouldn’t be if I wasn’t already familiar from other places.

And many more people who I liked the writing of in other mediums I had to stop following here because seeing them engage in the discourse drives me crazy.

And of course I rarely post my own thoughts on here because I don’t like the way I’m incentivized to present them. … Maybe I’m better off not using this site at all…

Okay but I follow you specifically for the funny gay parody lyrics immediately followed by game opinions nobody with a normal life can keep up with. It’s part of the fun.

man this one was really good lmao. what a stupid post

It’s this one and the “Tomorrow’s Joe fans are annoying cause they keep saying Tomorrow’s Joe is better than literally every every other series, but here’s the thing: we’re right.” that enter into my mind and make me laugh randomly through some days so thanks for the good laughs if nothing else 🙏