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.
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
Definitely a different culture/environment here.
Complete opposite from the dirty bird.