@eevee this seems like an inherent problem with a system designed for sharing 'what are you thinking about/doing'

"oh here's a news item lemme share it!"

no no no we don't do that around here

why not?

well because when everyone shares the same ugly story it's like a tidal wave!

but we need to share the important things! how will people know that horrible stuff is happening otherwise????

@eevee This is really useful perspective. There's one technical issue in this - the same post gets repeated pretty much every time it's boosted - but it's more of a human problem overall, and something that can only be solved with open communication and mindfulness toward others. Also, while I can't speak for others, I'm personally feeling like I'm re-learning how to curate my feed, and having to unlearn a few bad habits from Twitter, but I've spent the last couple days trying to be more thoughtful about what I boost, since this is a place where I can be a lot more confident that whatever I say or boost will be seen by others (instead of needing to also impress The Algorithm), and therefore I want to make sure I boost things worth boosting, because people will *definitely* see it.

Maybe it'll help others to think of boosting on a more personal level - ie, instead of a vague sense of "clicking this buttons means I want other people to see this", look at it as "clicking this button means sending all my friends a personal message that says 'hey, I want you to see this'". I dunno, that's how I'm trying to look at it, anyway.

@eevee we have an opportunity to not follow some of the toxic influencers that plagued the birdsite, telling us what to like and how to feel about things and other people.

i think it's worth reconsidering if Movetodon is really worth it, and what we all got out of the "drama" a lot of the accounts that the birdsite seemed to revolve around - very much a graduation, if you will.

Shitposting can fuck right off too, I'm just too old for it.