=== ANCHOR POEM === ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed-I-think?-maybe?-who-can-say-mentioned │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ if you don't talk in public, then nobody knows you. If you change your profile picture, then everyone knows who was there when you changed it. when you change your name, then only people who recognize your face or your personality knows you. social media is for the speakers. everyone else lacks the sense of community. community is security. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/2442 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── all media is an echo chamber, between the screen and you. social media just lets you talk back. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/1449 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── leftists: social media is bad guys, and here's why: [insert perfectly valid reason, of which there are many possibilities] leftists: watch me be an exemplar who practices what they preach [nobody sees them because they aren't on social media anymore and people don't know how to make friends IRL anymore preferring instead to speak into a void that sometimes whispers back] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1946 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── the art of propaganda is being in the right social media place at the right time with the right things to share. Sometimes you have to blend in, that's okay. The words are what are important, if you think "huh yeah true, where's the lie though" then maybe it'll not be such a betrayal. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/4657 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── turns out brains really are that simple. there's just, a lot of social technology built up which could be forgotten if everyone lost their memories at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/1150 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── when you change profile pictures the beings inside my brain see you as a different entity less so for names, as visuals are [closer to] their native language ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3953 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── "she just... didn't even try to hide it. She was so matter of fact about it." eh, well, you know, we have the internet now. So everything's normalized. "I guess but it still felt strange." yeah, she's in her own social media bubble which is entirely separate from yours. So to her, it's normal, but to you it seems shocking. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3794 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────── dear everyone in every friends list I've ever made, on social media, in video games, and in the contacts on my phone: I miss you. I hope you're doing well. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/4252 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────── sometimes I think I'd be better without social media. And then I remember that it's the only way I know to talk. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1517 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── if you don't feed the trolls, then they find their own clan. and in doing so, they make their own echo chambers. what would a bunch of trolls do to each other? the poor dears. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/3315 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── she thinks she doesn't have any friends because she smells bad but the truth is she's lonely because she's a secret agent sent by the government through her dreams to spy on the aliens who think she's jesus by posting their conversations on a public message board ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1617 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── daydreaming about a gang of tough guys who goes around knocking down the internal fence walls in suburbia and throwing potlucks for all the neighbors for a month or two so they have social opportunities to meet each other and make friends ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/2731 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── @user-246 I can 100% relate, to all of this. we are multifaceted. all people are. on social media, you follow someone for a particular facet, and if they don't like your other facets well then it wasn't meant to be. there's also no shame in pruning people who post things that upset you or that aren't interesting. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/3990 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── I like it when software gives you a notification when one of your friends changes their name / profile pic. Makes it easier to follow them. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/3351 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── privacy doesn't mean anything on the internet to me because privacy on the internet doesn't mean anything to "them" gestures vaguely, maybe winks once or twice and/or presents an emphasis face ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #15 fediverse/4955 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── "say superfluous on a social media post rn so I know it's you" ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3253 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── it's so weird how these days if you don't like someone you can exclude them from your social life entirely - like, wow... that hurts ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/146 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-138 if you don't want feedback then why don't you just... not open the replies? leave them unread? if you feel the need to justify your actions (such as not reading replies to your controversial posts) then somewhere deep down you feel like those actions are unjustified, and needing an explanation. which makes your point feel less valid to others, since even you don't believe in it enough to guarantee it to be the truest expression of your soul. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 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 │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/424 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── Facebook is great because you can talk with your friends, but, like... Facebook knows who you are. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/5662 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── don't work with me. work around me. don't talk to me. talk about me. don't share with me. I deserve nothing. don't take from me. I have nothing. -radio-radio-remedy- ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ |