I often get bored of the Fediverse, but I'm doing my best to stay here. - midwest.social

I’ve been off and on with the Fediverse for sometime now. It’s a relatively friendly place full of fellow nerds, but with a few caveats… My feeds seem very focused on hard information be it Gaza, tech companies doing bad things, or people pitchforking about the lastest big bad in digital privacy. This is all well and good, but it does get a bit tired after a while. Seeing the samey stuff post after post by academic types makes me more informed but also mentally draining. Where’s the fun? On Facebook and Instagram I see light fluffy popcorn type posts of people reminiscing over Nintendo games or reels of cockatiels being cockatiels. It’s fun to scroll and interact. Here it feels like I’m in a classroom, and people, while friendly, do get quite hostile if you don’t like Linux or Star Trek. As a leftist I like it here because it’s my bubble of people, but I’d like to see the fedi let its hair down a bit. It’s okay to talk about stuff other than infosec, privacy guides, distros, and Gaza.

Fifa 1998 Intro - midwest.social

WOOOHOOOO

New Switch just dropped. - midwest.social

Why is WhatsApp so ubiquitous everywhere BUT North America? - midwest.social

I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?

This is the cutest thing you'll ever see in life. - midwest.social

A hummingbird snoring.

World of Warcraft Subscription Numbers Are Higher Now Than at Expansion Launch in a Franchise First - midwest.social

Woah. I didn’t realize WoW was still this popular.

Florida Passes Law Banning Social Media for Minors Under 14 - midwest.social

Why is Facebook still so insanely popular? - midwest.social

I read “it’s dying” by people on Discord and Reddit all the time, but the numbers prove otherwise. It’s been going up this entire time and sitting over 3 billion MONTHLY ACTIVE USERS! I feel like the bubble around people on other platforms saying “who uses Facebook anymore lol” is kind of wild given the numbers. Keep in mind these are active users not just abandoned accounts.

What happened to the Lemmy.world Matrix chat? - midwest.social

It’s set to invite only? Was there juicy drama?

What is Fediverse, precious!? - midwest.social