Hello I am here! I got a lot of resounding silence over there even in the good old days, so I guess that’s why I keep hanging on 😅. That and I refuse to let E l on drive me away. F that guy. I hope eventually he gives it up.
This the first post of yours I've seen, don't know who you are, but you seem cool so you get a like, a comment, and a follow. The insanity is a plus, tbh. :P
it's why i stopped posting on my main. that feeling was doing really fucked up things to me, and honestly I felt embarrassed that it was getting to me so much
even the massively huge accounts on twitter are reporting that kind of thing. the algo is suppressing most stuff that isn't sensationalist, rage-bait, outwardly right-wing, in praise of elon, etc. it's not a myth that twitter is rapidly circling the drain.
it doesn't even tell me when i have replies half the time. i just notice a higher reply number when i check my own account and click to find someone said something. people i don't even know to so dont have the muted 😡
it is not good for the mental health. i've had a twitter account since 2012 and its been the largest part of my social interaction for the better part of a decade. but now the serotonin button is broken :(
the aim of twitter, at this point, is to push things front-and-center that will make you angry bc anger prompts engagement, engagement gets the site's numbers up and pushes you into the algo where you can experience more anger. obviously regular usability and moderation have also gone out the window
i think whether ppl start throwing themselves into that rage spiral or whether they lose contact with people and drop off the map, there's no positive progression possible there anymore 😓 we've reached the exhausting "time to find the next LJ/Tumblr/Twitter" phase yet again 🛌
don’t worry about x, it’s a bad place to be. musk made it worse. you’ll feel better without it (or less of it anyhow). people think likes and followers matter more than life experiences. my daughters health improved a lot once she got offline and stopped letting these platforms measure her worth.
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