The Most DOOMED Relationships on Reddit
The Most DOOMED Relationships on Reddit
Who Gets to Speak On Discord, Who Gets Banned, and Why That’s Always Political in Spaces with No Politics Rules
So, a thing I find very interesting about the fragility of the esteem among chronic Discord users is that it’s common for admins and moderators to ban or make fun of people who leave. Essentially, they’re responding to being rejected or not chosen, so they think it’s reasonable to retaliate A Discord server I am […]
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 […]
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 […]
I Stopped Arguing With People Who Literally Piss in Their Own Mouths (no, seriously, for real)
The moment I stopped taking internet arguments seriously was in 2021, when I was having a heated argument with someone on Reddit. I checked their post history and discovered I had been arguing for three hours with someone who drank their own piss. That’s when I deleted my Reddit account. That was a perfect metaphor […]