While I'm fascinated in a grim way by what's going on over at Twitter, does anyone else feel uneasy with how much of the discussion on here is about 'That Place' and Musk?
It feels a bit like constantly talking about your ex while you're dating someone new...
@IamAlyosha there's definitely that, but also
there's processing a shared experience,
fascination of watching a train wreck,
never-ending speculation and vindication of whether he's really that incompetent and/or fascist/evil and
whether any higher authority is going to step in in the name of justice and fairness.
That's to say, l understand the "grim fascination" (me, too!) and obsession, but yes, also a bit uneasy about how much space it takes up here and elsewhere.
@TraciInFinland yes good points well made.
I suppose none of us ever believed it could or would come to this, so probably there an amount of processing the disbelief, as you say. It's very understandable and I'm not judging anyone for it.
For my part, I'm going to consciously try and talk about that whole shebang less and focus more on contributing positively in some small way here.
@mrnathannelson I should think so!
Without getting sucked back into 'Discourse' what makes Twitter is not the software (though people seriously underestimate what's going on there) - it's the people who've spent quite literally years building up communities and followings.
The idea that some kind of black swan event could just knock it off in a matter of weeks or months is frankly mind-blowing.
I feel awful for some of the great people over there who don't know where to go next!
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