Do we not have enough drama every minute of every day? Must we have it here too? Pass. I mean my block finger has a hair trigger as it is. Nah. I need no assholes on here to enjoy my experience.
Agreed! My problem with X wasn’t the trolls or right-wingers - my problem is that I genuinely think the quality of the site went down after Elon took over (less moderation, more bots, more porn accounts). I hope conservatives and such come over here too - I want the drama, but with better mods.
Disagree: Bluesky needs disagreement. It needs friction. Assholes are traditionally a part of that but in the end some of them need to provide value too. The magic sauce in social media is friction. Different points of view. Assholes are optional.
I think part of the problem here is that some people are allergic to disagreement and the block function is so overkill that it completely breaks any thread where someone blocked another who replied to them.
don't you worry, we'll get our assholes over here sooner or later. the angry people in your comments can go find a safe place elsewhere when the time comes where they share their shitty furry artwork.
IMO Reddit is the best place for assholery. The clear communities keep drama mostly contained and the anonymity makes it less self-important than Twitter. Also hobby drama is just more fun and original than a million people being self righteous about politics and society.
Yeah I know it offends the sensibilities of a lot of users here but the “conflict” of Twitter is what made it great. It sucks now because of bots, privileging “verified” users, and promoting ideological content bent a certain way. Has to be a happy middle ground!
"i'm a conflict-addicted weirdo, therefore every website should be a cesspit to appease me" is not a normal opinion lol go seek out whatever conflict you need, the only think this website facilitates is you not being able to force everyone else to make it their problem. it's weird if that bugs you.
"goofy" seems a little different from what you're talking about here though? i mean i like chaos but let's keep it whimsical and wholesome and low-stakes maybe
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it's also an issue for my site (4chan but without the neo-nazis). you need the right amount of strife or it feels too sterile
this take makes sense now.
https://bsky.app/profile/irateoverlord.bsky.social/post/3lbhofpjex224
https://bsky.app/profile/yaffasutopia.bsky.social/post/3lbhb5qvj7s24
When I realized that making me smoke outside made me smoke far less and wake up feeling considerably less shitty, I saw the advantages of the ban.
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what are you on about
"That's squirrels or rabbits chewing"
"NO ITS NOT,ITS A CLEAN CUT!"
"It is definitely rodents. It looks like a clean cut, but it's from rodent teeth"
"NO ITS IMMIGRANTS KIDS. I. NOT RACIST I JUST KNOW THAT MINORITIES CAUSE THE MOST TROUBLE"
"Is it really stealing if you intended to give it away for free?"
"MY GENERATION WOULD HAVE NEVER! WE RESPECTED AUTHORITY AND WERE PERFECT"
"You could like... Answer the door and give out candy..."
"NO, KIDS NEED TO BE BEAT WITH BELTS!"
"I'm blind to my own faults, thus kids today ought to be subjected to the abuses I survived"
It's a close cousin of my second favorite boomer take:
"We did things differently in my day, and no amount of research or science could have improved things"