Bonbon

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Yesterday, upon my hair,
perfectionist who's trying to
stop being such a perfectionisthello!!!!!!
finally gave 🍬self a faceI met a Spheal whose head was bare ona li @jan-PonponIts head was bare again today, is excited about bnuny horns rn
(send asks!)I wish, I wish it'd grow astray...🍬

story in   ↑↑↑ top ↑↑↑  link:
‘They're Made out of Meat’
by Terry Bisson, 1991
discord (a lot of bons)
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NoelBWrites
@NoelBWrites

It's probably obvious to point out that software in general (and social media in particular) are designed to minimize user agency as much as possible (not only that, they also have an insane amount of data to iterate on and optimize their design to that end). YouTube doesn't want you to think about what you want to do next, it wants you to stay on the website and watch the next video. Twitter doesn't want you to decide what you want to do with your time, it wants you to keep scrolling and retweet as much as possible.

I was wondering why cohost felt different and like an "older" website and it's not just the lack of a recommendation algorithm, the UX design plays into this as well


Bonbon
@Bonbon

All the extra steps just to share a post originally mildly annoyed me, but you're totally right about it making us more mindful about sharing.

I'd still prefer if I didn't lose my spot in the feed after sharing not sure if the case for everyone??, but at least the feeds are finite, rather than being hopelessly lost in the pile.

I still struggle with deciding between leaving my thoughts as a comment or as a "quote rechost"(?), though.
(i began typing this as a comment, for example)


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in reply to @NoelBWrites's post:

I didn't really think about this consciously, but reading your thoughts really made me aware of why cohost feels so much nicer and less "deep dark hole you can't crawl out of" than the bird app! Infinite scrolling is a glue trap for my brain and I hate it. Not having a mobile app also makes the decision to come here a conscious choice for me, rather than opening an app any time I'm slightly bored, and I like that.

in reply to @Bonbon's post:

Definitely.
I've been primarily a lurker in most social media sites I've used (tumblr, twitter, etc.), but the way things are done here makes it feel so much easier to actually say things??