i just love how on here i can post whatever i want, share whatever i want, comment on whatever i want, and it ultimately doesnt matter bc theres tags on my profile for people to see what they wanna see and mute what they dont wanna see
i always see so many posts on twitter about ppl complaining about RTs and likes and its just like. makes me feel like every interaction is a calculated exchange rather than something genuine. "u scratch my back and i scratch yours" rather than "oh i like this persons art lemme follow them so i can see more"
also its punishing to share or even post on twitter. RT too much, unfollowed. text post, unfollowed. reply to too many tweets, unfollowed. which, in itself, i dont think is bad. ppl are free to unfollow anyone they find annoying. its just that the number is sitting there for u to see and notice and make u censor yourself for the sake of appeasing people. which is stupid. its YOUR page, YOUR experience, why are we caring so much about appealing to those kinds of people LOL
the kind of mindset twitter breeds just makes it that much harder to find friends, especially if you have a bigger following. all ppl see is the number and boil you down to that. they value what u can give them, not who u are. and ppl wonder why "the big artist circle jerk" is a thing (its not a thing, just looks like it bc of how twitter works).
these artists remain in their circles bc they know they can trust the ppl in it. they know they wont be treated like clout tokens. im sure there are a few bad actors with egos, but thats so few and far between, good luck trying to figure that out without looking like a giant fucking toddler and making a clown out of yourself lmao
also i like how i can just go on these huge rants without having to think about condensing it all into a few tweets and having this huge fuck off thread string that just clogs the whole timeline. i can just put it under a "read more" and not have it be so annoying lol
