nayeAug 9, 2023

Platform exhaustion.   

Trying to keep up with friends in half a dozen places, and deciding where to post what just isn't sustainable for me. The past couple of days I've ended up hardly talking to my pocket friends at all, and that doesn't feel right either. But when there are so many places... And many friends are in more than one place with me and I don't want to spam people but...!

Anyway, fuck Elon Musk. This is all his fault and he sucks.

Show threadnayeAug 9, 2023
1. Mastodon. 500 characters, ability to do spoiler cuts & content labels, free edits & ppl like my pics!
2. Twitter. Still have lots of friends active there and nowhere else.
3. Bluesky. Still awkward; ppl there are elsewhere too - where should I respond??
4. Dreamwidth. Interface sucks on mobile, posting photos is a pain.
5. Cohost. Tl has been a ghost town & comments nonexistent, but the interface is good?
6. Instagram. POS interface; app just getting worse.
Show threadSatsumaAug 9, 2023

@naye i’m glad you’re enjoying mastodon! it’s been nice having more of my fandom circle around fedi this last year or so—it was still a nice place when i joined back in 2017 but the fannish side of things was so *quiet*

i feel you on the multi account struggle though—here, discord, and DW is just about all i can manage

Show threadnayeAug 10, 2023
@Satsuma I'm hoping more people will settle in the same places but from what I'm seeing the opposite is happening? Some people aren't even going to any of the services I use but ones I'm too exhausted to even try.
Show threadSatsuma

@naye yeah i feel you <3

i do think the centralization of fandom on just a couple platforms was, in some ways, a bad thing but that doesnt stop me from wishing i could at least get all of *my* fandom circle in one place

Aug 10, 2023 at 6:11amWeb
Show threadbloodwritesAug 10, 2023

@Satsuma @naye if all the new places would just federate it wouldn't matter where everyone scattered to

Ahh, a girl can dream.