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It's incredible how often on social media people complain about public replies to their public posts.

@ljs In the very early days of social media it was often used as basically a journal so, overtime it's shifted to be this perfect view of people's lives. It's always weird to get a glimpse back at the way things used to be.

@BrodieOnLinux ah yeah the old 'what I had for breakfast' thing on twitter (early days) :>)

Yeah I mean back in the back in the day it was so utterly unmoderated that the norm would be people saying the most outrageous possible stupid thing often just to get a reaction.

But I think people have become more keenly aware of how _public_ it is in a negative way - oh I had better project some version of myself I want people to see, and I am upset when anybody interacts in a way that spoils that.

Fuck that, be real. Jesus Christ.

Also those who are hugely fake but get big followings get big followings of superficial people, and that is just yeah. Why?
@BrodieOnLinux don't get me wrong, having seen how things were 'back in the day' without the rose-tinted glasses so many had having proper moderation now IS A GREAT THING.

Early days twitter let alone 90's or early 00's forums were... not good. The old youtube comments. My God.

But obviously the fakeness is a really not good thing.
Brodie Robertson

@ljs I don't think it's even possible to have a perfect middle ground, I'm not of the camp that social media in its entirety is a detriment to society but I can certainly sympathize with the idea and it's probably a good idea if we all use it just a little bit less

@BrodieOnLinux yeah I've gone from thinking it's pure evil to it being a social good and everything in between.

My problem is I love shitposting so much that I can't really stop myself.

But I own it I am what I am. Means I can't complain TOO much when I get into various dramas and arguments (I mean I do complain, a lot but I at least ack it is part of it).

But I reserve the right to take a break from time to time also.
@BrodieOnLinux One thing I've noticed about fedi is that people don't like to argue on here, they'll post some outrageous shit, then not engage if you call it out quite often.

It's a bit too pompous on here sometimes "oh we're much better here" vibes. Reminds me of hacker news prior to it becoming such a shit show and parody of itself that people couldn't quite fully get away with that one any more