gonna think aloud a moment about the move back to CoSo
(if i can successfully do a thread)
deprogramming.
that’s what my move back here is going to take.
my (nearly constant) attention on twitter started as a compulsion to stay current on events. not much direct socializing.
and then i found a few interesting folks to follow and built up a nice network of genuinely interesting, caring people that i didn’t know and didn’t interact with
admiration from afar.
@_jeremygray I think "deprogramming" sounds about right. My compulsion was similar to yours (re: current events). I also used it for lots of networking and I'll have to find another way now.
@NikkiBuschEdit yes yes yes. reassessing what interaction should and could be like with strangers in public.
twitter rewarded fighting.
CoSo absolutely does not.
@_jeremygray Exactly! You nailed it: they rewarded fighting and sadly, many of us gobbled it up until it made us sick (or it emboldened the haters).