i think i wont always like that, but such is the nature of the beast, and anyway if i am free everyone else gets to be, even if i disagree
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Freedom is a hard pill to swallow for us all when we realize it means we have to let others be free and different than us too. But, when you embrace it it's amazing.
yes precisely. i think i would rather be potentially triggered than coddled forever or banned from posting my tits at the end of the day
i have ptsd & thats something i need to be conscious of but the mute feature is free
Exactly, you are always in control. And we will all see things we don't want to see again. The truck is shifting from seeing it as someone else's responsibility to shelter us from it, and to our own choice to avoid what doesn't serve us.
yes !! and like. thats such an important shift to make, especially for people harmed by others. it gives us our power back π¦Ύπ¦Ύπ¦Ύ
Agreed. And the longer you're around an environment where you're free, the more you realize how deep the psychological manipulation goes on social media. We've all been harmed by the bullshit in this world, and we're finally finding what's real here.
This is history being written.
so my social network trajectory is twitter -> bluesky -> nostr && like. even bsky made me realize how much social media has been enshittified. the Algorithms want us to feel alone & hate ourselves & buy buy buy to fill that void
and. i didnt feel that on bsky (until recently β but that i dont think is like its fault, idk). and i feel it even less here
Hate ourselves and hate each other. Lonely, isolated, apathetic and helpless. Docile and easy to control and milk. Scroll, like, regurgitate.
I think Bluesky was the next evolution away from the shit, and that's great! But what little I know about it...yeah it's a say one thing but have a different agenda deal.
Make no mistake, this place is for the grown. You have to be responsible for it yourself at the end of the day. But you can never be freer than that. Freedom does not equal easy.
i think the biggest problem with bsky is so many people entered it with the same mindset as they were rewarded for on twitter
that and the like. if youre gonna moderate at least fucking do it well. its insulting. dont promise a safe product if you cant provide it
And that's the inherent issue with moderation since we all have different needs and wants, who chooses?
And that is absolutely the issue, we've all been trained to operate under a certain set of guidelines...take them away and people will cry for them. But what is Einstein's definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.
The more time you spend here the more you realize.
A great experiment would be dedicate your time here for a week, then go back and feel the difference.
βEnshittificationβ is such a great word.
Well said π«‘β¨
Being triggered goes away when you realize the one trying to piss you off is just a miserable fuck who wants others to suffer with them. I never got anywhere with posting my tits, but knock yourself out! π
And the best part is it's just a mute button away. They have the freedom to still be a troll and you have the freedom to not see things you don't want to see. Win/win.
Ya, we canβt be comfortable all the time. Life becomes a cut out copy, with little meaning or creativity. A watered down version of humanity. There is so much beauty here that the few shitty experiences become negligible.
yes. its weird bc like. so i was trafficked for a bit &. the experience made me kinder and ultimately i think a better person, albeit a very traumatized one for a long while. would i go through it again on purpose? absolutely not. would i give back the fierce kindness it woke in me? absolutely not
life is inherently traumatic tbqh, no avoiding it if youre living life at all
Yes, more for some than others. I know what people are capable of, and I mean all people, because we all have dark parts and shadows. Itβs given me perspective and enabled me to see in others what I see in myself. I wouldnβt change it either.
he made me kill a kitten. i cant unknow what that is like. it wasnt my fault, but it is now my Knowledge. the best i think i can do with that is to actively be as kind as i can. ive seen the darkness & void that resides in people, in all of us, ultimately, and it makes me want to be a light
we are all of us capable of the greatest depths of cruelty just as we are of the greatest heights of kindness
