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Hey, remember that time you didn't obsess over a bunch of para-social relationships on a platform that monetizes your attention? The only thing keeping twitter

• newzisforsukas 2y ago
  > para-social parasocial* Many don't follow people, just institutions and publications for news.
  • Kiro 2y ago
    "Para-social" is fine and in fact how it was written when it was coined in 1956.
    • deleted 2y ago
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    • newzisforsukas 2y ago
      Sure, although, not the common modern spelling.
    • saghm 2y ago
      It's important to always use the original spelling, especially when sending an E-mail on the Internet.
• quectophoton 2y ago
  > The only thing keeping twitter relevant is the fact that you keep opening the website/app. It's still big on anime-style artists, sadly. At least in my bubble. Mastodon had its chance, MissKey had its chance, BlueSky[1] had its chance, but none caught on. Trying to commission good anime-style art without having to create a Xitter account has been difficult[2] for a while. Last time I searched, artists either said "DM me on Twitter", or had an email address but weren't open to comms at that moment. Nowadays there's a few invite-only platforms (owned by shady companies) that makes all this easier, but only works if the artist has been invited there already. [1]: While writing this I couldn't even remember this name and had to pause ~20-30 seconds until it came to me. [2]: My search was limited to "artists who also stream" to reduce the chance of scams, so that filtered out a lot from the beginning.