I've enjoyed doing writing exercises and prompt-focused responses, it's been a great place for me to engage with other writers and just have fun. But... Cohost is dead in the water. Whatever you have to say, I don't think you understand what the problem I have is: they let the battle royal bomb collar be put on their own necks.
I used the line on REP's account "three tech bros in a trench coat" to describe the situation, because the short-sighted and utterly hubristic approach involved hoping Cohost could happen while they tried to compete with SubscribeStar, Patreon, and other crowd-funding platforms. It's moronic to step into that space without venture capital.
I'm deeply saddened that this news hits me on the day Patreon's abrupt reaction to Mastercard's new policy is hitting to. It feels like we're all about to go to ground hard, like I need to start getting a Zine going and a mail list. I can't do it. The internet isn't going away, we're not afforded the privilege of it being taken away so cleanly. We have to watch it wither and die, we have to become isolated in a sea of numbing content and looping play structures, we're entering a new era of simulated slavery via social engineering that may yet rob the young and creative people who haven't tapped out from early life trauma of their professional-age potentials.
Network with me if you want, before it's too late. You'll find me under my Screen Name on Itaku, Furaffinity, Sofurry, Weasyl, Inkbunny, and even fucking Mastodon and Discord. Click here to see my link hub.
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