Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: fediverse/4180 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1639 or nobody sees it, because you post the things you say on the internet in 2024 which is so siloed and echo-chambered that the only people who hear it say "tru tho" and "she just like me fr" and never change because of your words ... wait that's just what you said, but made more specific, isn't it? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4181 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── reboosting something is an invitation to your followers to comment on it, change my mind ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4182 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── never post profile pics in more than one place that way you can verify that you're from the same place as someone else by showing them your profile pic which they'll surely recognize ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4183 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── what if all people were the same? separated only by their deeds and methodology, right? ummmm... yes? [the people at home]: okay but I meant like... what if we all were judged based on our actions rather than what we looked like or -yeah listen, people are gonna judge no matter what. Like, who the heck wears a bear costume to a wedding?? ... that's so hyper-specific that I don't think it's rele-no listen YOU'RE the one who's not being hyper-relevant here ... what? okay listen if this thing is gonna work -what thing ... I dunno, this bit. This conversation that we're having. oh okay. Yeah sure continue ... Okay well as I was saying, if this conversation is gonna work you're gonna have to be a bit more respectful. yeah. Sure. will do. [successfully changed the topic of conversation, wow how about that amiright folks? okay time to go home, nothing to see here, how many characters left - aw nuts thirty six? that's soooooooo many] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4185 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── so weird how "you" in your words becomes "whichever social media platform you're currently typing into" when you post a lot (like, all the time) it's like this semi-para-social relationship thing. is there a different kind of "para" that means, like... in relation to the means of communication rather than the person on the other end? maybe like... "meta", meaning discussing the topic of discussing the topic. In this case of course it'd be... discussing the medium upon which the discussion is taking place. but it's not really about the medium, is it? It's anthropomorphizing the medium, giving it a face, or at least a persona of some kind, and speaking directly to it. (of course, "it" means "all the people who follow you and who are cursed to wander upon you in the local feed) so... athro-meta-socializing mastodon means that you toot about whatever, but directed toward the entity that you know and are talking to: "mastodon", which to you is something completely different than it is to everyone else. huh~ ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4186 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── a reason that online discourse and activism doesn't work is because boosting or re-tweeting something doesn't cause people to see more of that particular thing unless you consistently boost / retweet those things. This means that unless people go out of their way to self-select as someone who follows the person you boosted, there's little future impact on their lives. And the people who are most likely to do so are the people who are probably already following those people social media isn't a community, it's a scene. Meaning there's little contact between fellow members of a particular topic or discourse. like, if you go to /r/prequelmemes you're gonna talk about star wars. But you'll rarely talk about how you butter the sandwich, or whether you believe in a direct approach, a flanking maneuver, or a slower more-defensive-but-ramping-in-power build. so, if you and another person care about the same "activism" then you'll probably see the same things as someone who also does. So you grow apart, RIP ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/4187 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── I bet you'll believe anything I say if I put it in italics and speak imperatively ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ |