When people post on X, I feel like they tend to have "clout" in mind. Even if they're not chasing it, people think of a post with a lot of likes as "doing well"

When people post on X, I feel like they tend to have "clout" in mind. Even if they're not chasing it, people think of a post with a lot of likes as "doing well". This conditions people to post certain kinds of content, but more insidiously, it conditions you to think a certain way. If you go to a community like crystal.cafe (a femcel imageboard with an amazing community, which I lurk on but don't post because I'm a man) you'll see what I mean, it's a very different tone than you'd see on a conventional social media site with reputation. Also the niche nature of the sites houses a certain type of person, NEETs and femcels, whose perspective I find interesting and occasionally enjoy conversing with, although it's not something I do a lot. Also, most chans allow you to talk about controversial things very freely. I'm not a communist, but it's an interesting intellectual exercise to go on leftychan.net and argue against capitalism, and then halfway through the thread, change my idea and argue as a different ideology. Without identity, you can pursue ideas less consistently - without worrying about "winning" the argument so much. If you have the patience for an older format that lacks the quick rush of modern social media, feel free to visit me at my imageboard: http://13channel.crabdance.com/b/index.html http://13channel.crabdance.com/b/index.html I'll respond to anything within a day or so, so please do come back the next day. I'd love to have an imageboard penpal :)