Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this.
What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they hear this week is, "That's cool"? I say, post your mundane. Post anything you want. While being silenced everywhere else, don't be silent here.

@LilPecan When social media was invented it was about keeping up with family and making new friends.

Then people started promoting stuff they use to make a living and businesses started requiring that they and any of their "personalities" have a presence online. And they started LARPing their official personalities to sell TV shows, magazines, books.

People who came of age in that era forgot that there was a reason average people wanted to write. To be heard, to be seen, to see others.

@Urban_Hermit @LilPecan

This is a good point. Why do people care so much when people post their thoughts, but have no problem with people posting paid promotions and corporations.