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The idea of posting as catharsis, release, & simple exposure to life is severely under-rated. It can be dangerous that negative words have such potential to sp
by rektide 4y ago
The idea of posting as catharsis, release, & simple exposure to life is severely under-rated.
It can be dangerous that negative words have such potential to spread faster, such disproportionate capability to activate & draw upon our dark sides. Usually negative amplification reflects more on the person amplifying than the message. But in general, we don't really have meta-moderation tools, even in the fediverse, to de-amplify or to warn/counter/resist the dark side.
Being able to get some mild exposure to the "TIL" of each other, to see some of the random encounters of the day is extremely high value. Hearing grumbles is great.
- est 4y ago> The idea of posting as catharsis, release, & simple exposure to life is severely under-rated. It seems that people totally forget twitter was first invented to sync IM apps' status bar. In the past people put their mood & music they are listening to on GTalk/MSN. It was fun meeting strangers this way. But then there's mobile Internet, chat apps don't have a status box anymore.
- quaintdev 4y ago> But then there's mobile Internet, chat apps don't have a status box anymore. I wonder why this is the case.
- est 4y agoMobile apps have this "always online" design, so online/offline/busy status is irrelevant. Also apparently typing text is less fun than uploading videos, so users don't bother.