@nonlinear one of the biggest things I think we could be learning from both #Twitter & #Reddit recently is how different everyone's experiences on those platforms really was.

While my experience on Reddit mirrors yours in many ways, (I think) we've already covered how my Twitter interactions really didn't change that much at all from pre Musk. I left there on principle.

Thanks(?) to her selective participation, my wife basically didn't even notice the reddit blackout.

@orcinus @nonlinear yes, while my interactions there didn't change at the time of the takeover/gutting, I left on principle.

I've kept up many casual conversational ties here on mastodon, and have kept up the search for a replacement to my other Twitter use cases.

@phpete @orcinus are we gatekeeping digital diaspora?

diaspora is experienced differently by each of us. it's like grief.

@nonlinear @orcinus perhaps the consolidation of congregation spaces on the net as a whole will prove to be simply a blip on the timeline of online communication.

Ideally we'll find a way to harness the individuality of our shared experience for the greater good of online life.

I have to work towards that, because I will not be satisfied with my kids (whose lives are online-dependent) being only a product of a broken system.

🤔 (I got a little off track there)

@phpete @orcinus why are we comparing one vs the other? they're different mediums.

yeah, miscommunication exists... but it also gives us a lot of stuff f2f comm doesn't get or never meant to.

if we compare one with the other, we'll miss their inherent properties.

@nonlinear @orcinus all true.

But tge fact that pattern recognition is hard wired into us remains, so comparisons happen without conscious effort.

You'll hear no argument from me as to whether or not both mediums have their benefits, they clearly do.

Perhaps I could've articulated my response differently, and specified that I was centering it on myself.

I believe I've encountered more gatekeeping online than in person.