One thing I notice about life on the fedi is that there's always three competing conversations.
One is normal people doing normal ish, building community and talking about their lives, hobbies, and passions.
Another is an ongoing nostalgic lamentation of what was "lost" over in Elonland.
The third is a parade of dudes, always dudes, who seem obsessed with being right in seemingly low-stakes conversations, somehow hoping to gain internet clout.
My instance is thankfully filled with the first variety and I really dig the sense of community on Scholar.
But the federated TL is full of people who seem to be in open mourning of a website. I'm not trying to tell anybody how to feel but humanity existed for tens of thousands of years before Twitter and will continue on long after it's gone. I hope y'all find peace.
That last group. I just mute & block.
@DavidKnuffke Exactly this. I enjoyed Twitter. I built a large following on the website. But I have known since at least 2014 that it was bad for me and worse for society. I got into really bad habits like first thing in the morning rage scrolling.
The lesson of the last year for me is that quality of connections is far more important than quantity connections.
We are better off without it and people are better off building community elsewhere.
Nate Bowling (نيت بولينج)
David Knuffke