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
but that transformed into trolling for justice. piling onto high profile accounts doing shitty things, then sparring with all the shitty little followers
that’s incredibly unhealthy, morally satisfying, and completely ineffectual.
coming back from twitter to CoSo tonight, i feel a pang of loss; i’m giving up the opportunity to argue with strangers in public.
i know that’s healthy, and yet i feel sad letting it go.
so i swapped out the home screen icon and will be here.
let’s be patient with each other as we shed some of the callouses we’ve built and remember how to be decent, even (ESPECIALLY) in disagreement.
end of thread.
cheers!
@_jeremygray Yes, I'm going to miss calling my congressman a lying insurrectionist.
@Book_Hoarder lol, we’re on the same page
@_jeremygray
Definitely a different culture/environment here.
Complete opposite from the dirty bird.
@_jeremygray I've been less active over there lately. Can't say I've missed it much. If it gets any more toxic, I won't miss it at all, especially if the orange menace returns.
@DVillella no kidding. “if” is trending to “when” more by the minute.
@_jeremygray I'm waiting to see who gets booted over there for daring to question Dear Leader. I've been put in Twitmo several times just for QUOTING him.
@_jeremygray I hear that- ive resisted the urge successfully to login to twitter for all the reasons youve described so far.
Here youll be in contact with human beings and real ideas you can bounce around.
@_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).
admiration from afar.