keirFoxMay 23, 2025

I don't want to be on the blockchain. I don't want to mint NFTs, I don't want to vibe code. I don't want to beg you to hit the 'subscribe' button and ring the bell. I don't want to game the algorithm for your likes or your views or your shares or to be on the first page of results or to get recommended. I don't want you to gift Nitro to my server. I don't want the thumbnails of my videos to have a red circle and question mark next to a faked expression of surprise, I don't want to pay for items that give me an advantage over other players. I don't want you to take a moment to hear about today's sponsor. I don't want to pump a meme coin, I don't want to craft prompts, I don't want to influence. I don't want you to watch me react to watching a video.

I'm seriously sick of this shit. All of it.

Show threadkeirFoxMay 23, 2025

"That makes you old."

Maybe. But more and more I feel a lot of this is about exchanging self in response to a perceived need to monetize one's world and/or to find people are desperate for: community.

Show threadGreglyMay 25, 2025
@keirFox I was just recently thinking about the “death of local”. Main Street mostly died before I was born, but even since then we’ve seen the vast decline of third places, of local newspapers and television, of true connection. Churches have traditionally served this function for the religious, but as societies have become more secular (a good thing, mind you) there hasn’t been much to take their place. (One might argue this is intentional; churches do not want competition.)
Show threadkeirFoxMay 25, 2025
@gregly I have been struggling with starting up a local tinkering group to meet and share creations but one of the challenges of this is that people who have these kinds of hobbies tend to be largely online and don’t actually do the in-person thing.
Show threadGregly
@keirFox I sympathize. There is a local-ish makerspace I have been meaning to attend, but the “you’re just a poser, everyone will think you are weird and annoying” type negative self-talk keeps stopping me.
May 25, 2025 at 2:06pmWeb
Show threadkeirFoxMay 25, 2025
@gregly Not at all my experience. I don’t know what makerspaces are like, but places where there are creative nerds have always been wonderfully accepting and enthusiastic.
Show threadGreglyMay 25, 2025
@keirFox Oh, I’m sure! I know my fears are unfounded and unreasonable, but they stem from a bunch of different life events and childhood trauma. Takes a lot to push past them. 😅