when is individual voice valued and when does it feel like it’s not valued? (something I’ve been thinking about and discussing with my AI app).

I think it tends to feel more valued with social media, esp. decentralized social media.

The times when it felt not valued was in maybe some school settings and workplaces. When those places have power dynamics and a hierarchy.

This is important to me, because I had selective mutism as a kid … and I still have seen times when I don’t want to talk, and times when I do. Places where I don’t feel comfortable, and places where I feel more free.