A change in footing doesn't say what we're taking issue with—or even really that we are taking issue with anything, we might also just have an antsy moment—but they tell our interlocutors that there's something that makes us want to switch the frame. An intention is signaled, at the very least. 2/

So, if a hundred real-life bsky users respond with "ai;dr" to your 1,700-word "hey, by the way, this was written by AI" blog post, they are disagreeing. Their four-letter response doesn't rise to your desire for substantive counterargument, sure. But they wanted to change footing, and they did. 3/

And now you can't change it back to somewhere you now say you wanted it to be. Or. . . When you had it, you didn't want it Now you ain't got it, so you want it back 4/

I mean, speaking for myself, there was still ample room to try to engage me or respond to my counterargument. To re-enter the conversation through a newly offered frame. But that is not what this compatriot wanted to do. 5/ bsky.app/profile/katj...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:pis2dwki2yf5ieehrzwh3rke/post/3mgd3347gbk2b