Author: BlueGearWyrm

I am a Black, Puerto Rican, & white polyamorous & polymath queer person living in ATL. I am married to a cis, indigenous gay man. I'm a dragon therian (dragonkin).

Discord, Reddit, and Bluesky Cater to Sociopaths

Now that I’m back in the fediverse, I’m convinced that people who choose platforms with the culture of Twitter or Bluesky do so because they’re expected to conform to basic norms in the fediverse. I think there is a tacit understanding that behaving the way they do on Discord, Reddit, Bluesky, or Twitter will likely […]

Social Media is Filled With Propaganda and Influence Campaigns

Lord, I’m so happy I heavily, heavily filter my content and mostly consume things from RSS feeds, because most media sources are a fire hose of nonstop propaganda. You can inform without trying to persuade or influence. Most media is presented in a way meant to influence my attitude or elicit emotions instead of providing […]

BlueSky Is A Platform For Attention Whores With No Standards

I’m convinced that Bluesky is the platform for attention-whores who perform and humiliate themselves for validation and affirmation. It’s really sad. I don’t feel bad when bad things happen to them as a consequence because they were already warned, yet they prioritize fitting into a culture and refuse to deal with their feelings of inadequacy. […]

People Don’t Know How to Actually Have Conversations on Social Media

I think the major breakdown with microblogging is that people don’t actually want to have conversations. I honestly don’t know what the fuck people want, but they don’t want to have dialogues with people—that’s for certain. Microblogging is a format that was specifically designed around how dialogue works. You say something, a person responds, and […]

I Feel Relieved During The Seasons Where Social Media Burns

With the rise in censorship, technical problems, and glitches on TikTok following its recent management change, I often feel a morbid sense of happiness during moments when social media platforms seem to go up in flames all at once. These disruptions to the scheduled program of doom-scrolling give me a concrete justification to cut back […]

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