I get it. People are angry about politics, billionaires fucking up the world, institutional racism/ablism/what have you, but I think that point has been made loud and clear and, dare I say it? Yes I do. If we keep on like this, the only difference between some convos here and on X is the topics of conversation. Instead of women's rights being derited, it's people using Windows, anyone who even dares to mention AI in a good light gets firmly put in their place and instead of teaching about alt text we jump down people's throats for not just knowing about it already. Dunno about anybody else but I wouldn't call that "social". I call that elitist bullshit that needs to stop. If we want to be welcoming to new people, that means being welcoming to these people's viewpoints, and that means we're not always going to agree with everyone and that's OK. Maybe I'm just in the wrong circles, but I keep seeing gatekeepers wondering why we're not seeing mroe new people and it honestly makes me laugh