im the hell dudeAug 31, 2018

twitter is a place where i had a lot of fun and met a lot of important people in my life and i have few actual complaints with the ways in which that service enriched my life

that said it has also been a source and enabler of various toxicities -- including but not limited to amplifying wildly corrosive voices and warping our political discourse further and further -- and for this and other reasons using it felt more and more unethical and damaging (to me)

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im not naive or optimistic enough to figure that i have the werewithal to quit the site entirely (im a vain and addictive creature and goddamnit i actually liked my account) but i did decide a material break from the site was a worthwhile thing to try just to see what effect if any that would have

will report back, it's been a few days and im not overly missing it yet

Aug 31, 2018 at 1:50pmTusky
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also i genuinely believe that the world would be a better place without the social media giants, and as such root for the place to die. me leaving it wont kill it but me staying there doesn't help either

what i support about this site is precisely what has caused some flare ups and growing pains over the past couple of days: atomization and small communities -- some degree of factional squabbling, blocking, moving around is a feature (or at least a byproduct) not a bug imo

Show threadim the hell dudeAug 31, 2018
anyway, one person's opinion, but please consider that before, say, yelling at eugen or whatever. you're free to exercise way more agency here and define your community how you want! enjoy that and take advantage when you need to
Show threadJulian WAug 31, 2018
@helldude I basically share most of those thoughts.
Show threadtype1diabeetusAug 31, 2018
@helldude people ain't got no chill
Show threadLightningcatAug 31, 2018
@helldude much like the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, the Balkanization of Mastodon led to both conflict and hreater autonomy. In this essay I will...
Show threadDefund cops, pay teachersAug 31, 2018
@helldude I think of it kind of like voting or vaccination. Yes, me voting won't elect my choice of politician, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't vote. And me getting vaccinated won't end that disease, but I should still do it.
So like, yeah, each person leaving twitter isn't going to end the site, but we still should? I don't think anyone is bad for staying or that I'm good for leaving, but I still think it's good to encourage people to leave.
Show threadA growing thingAug 31, 2018
@helldude today, you're the swell dude
Show thread👻roy.🚴‍♂️Aug 31, 2018

@helldude The drama over he-who-shall-not-be-named was real dumb to watch, but it did show an interesting thing. People aren't happy with the way eugen and the admins on .cloud handled things, so people moved.

That's awesome.

It's annoying that on the new instances they have to rebuild their followers/following, but they have that freedom to act in a way that benefits them and not the owners of the instance.

Show threadfrom the rooter to the tooterAug 31, 2018

@helldude good thing: there's not a bunch of self important media and celebrity types here

bad thing: you can't dunk on a bunch of self important media and celebrity types here

Show threadim the hell dudeAug 31, 2018
@phebus after two suspensions i rarely yelled at anyone on my current account anyway
Show threadit's a  from me broAug 31, 2018
@helldude tweet ramadan turned out to be good practice for going cold turkey on the bird site
Show threadGroucho GlassesAug 31, 2018
@helldude It misses you, buddy