The idea of posting as catharsis, release, & simple exposure to life is severely under-rated.
It can be dangerous that negative words have such potential to spread faster, such disproportionate capability to activate & draw upon our dark sides. Usually negative amplification reflects more on the person amplifying than the message. But in general, we don't really have meta-moderation tools, even in the fediverse, to de-amplify or to warn/counter/resist the dark side.
Being able to get some mild exposure to the "TIL" of each other, to see some of the random encounters of the day is extremely high value. Hearing grumbles is great.
> The idea of posting as catharsis, release, & simple exposure to life is severely under-rated.
It seems that people totally forget twitter was first invented to sync IM apps' status bar. In the past people put their mood & music they are listening to on GTalk/MSN. It was fun meeting strangers this way.
But then there's mobile Internet, chat apps don't have a status box anymore.
Mobile apps have this "always online" design, so online/offline/busy status is irrelevant. Also apparently typing text is less fun than uploading videos, so users don't bother.
I remember reading Alan Cox online diary with interest. Short and down-to-earth. I guess I read it because it was updated regularly. This was before Facebook and Twitter, so anything that got regularly updated was a catch.
His was a very interesting journal, technical yet engaging, it would draw you into the daily life of a kernel developer with wit.
After he switched to using his journal as an exercise in Gaelic, I lost touch, as I don’t read the language.
I later found out that after the passing of his wife, he retreated, and worked on an 8-bit Unix.
Twitter and Wordpress/Blogspot don’t have the same aesthetic, as when you’re reading someone’s personal blog. That’s like you’re visiting someone in their living room, they’re offering you tea and a chat in their own space, which does as much to convey an atmosphere as the content, something that cookie cutter platforms sorely miss.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 29.5 ms ] threadIt can be dangerous that negative words have such potential to spread faster, such disproportionate capability to activate & draw upon our dark sides. Usually negative amplification reflects more on the person amplifying than the message. But in general, we don't really have meta-moderation tools, even in the fediverse, to de-amplify or to warn/counter/resist the dark side.
Being able to get some mild exposure to the "TIL" of each other, to see some of the random encounters of the day is extremely high value. Hearing grumbles is great.
It seems that people totally forget twitter was first invented to sync IM apps' status bar. In the past people put their mood & music they are listening to on GTalk/MSN. It was fun meeting strangers this way.
But then there's mobile Internet, chat apps don't have a status box anymore.
I wonder why this is the case.
After he switched to using his journal as an exercise in Gaelic, I lost touch, as I don’t read the language.
I later found out that after the passing of his wife, he retreated, and worked on an 8-bit Unix.
Twitter and Wordpress/Blogspot don’t have the same aesthetic, as when you’re reading someone’s personal blog. That’s like you’re visiting someone in their living room, they’re offering you tea and a chat in their own space, which does as much to convey an atmosphere as the content, something that cookie cutter platforms sorely miss.