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Writer. Activist.
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Bigg
@Bigg

One thing that I think is exciting for users of this website - particularly newly-minted users of this website - is that it represents an opportunity to make a clean break from all the bad habits that made you unbearable & annoying on other platforms. More than that, I think this is actually a very healthy environment in which to purge oneself of despairingly Online brain toxins. Limited virality for clout-chasing. Easy content filtering reducing the perceived needs (and perceived rewards) of being a pathetic fandom cop. No algorithm egging on all your most hateful impulses. Heck, due to the staggered account activations you've even got a great opportunity to break from the miserable insular crab bucket of your old friendgroup and start afresh.

If this post seems overtly contemptuous of a certain kind of social media user, that's because it is - one thing this platform Does Not Need is people tracking in their bad habits from other platforms. But don't take me as entirely unsympathetic! I believe in this website being a place where anyone, regardless of the circumstances of their web history, can come and post good, for the betterment of all. Thank you for your time.


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in reply to @Bigg's post:

The fact that sharing posts is kinda cumbersome has really helped me break my annoying "retweet fucking everything" habit where "like" means "I read this :) yeah :)" and retweet means "I actually really liked this."

Now I only share the stuff that I really think "I actively want to show this to fucking everybody and don't think they'll see it otherwise"

I think there's also something quite freeing about the reduced expectations & headaches of a (for now) much smaller platform. Like I've got ~50 followers on a site with fewer than 3k active users, who GIVES a hoot what I repost or not. Plus "likes" being an ephemeral little thing rather than a Post Goodness Metric really takes a lot of the pressure off both the decision to like someone else's posts and how I think about my own

When I signed up for Cohost I thought I was in for a time of cutting my teeth on making good posts. Instead, I find myself just reading posts, being satisfied, and not feeling like I have to contribute. What a relief 😩