i have a hard time declaring feed bankruptcy and just picking up and present day, present time (hahahahahaha) because like
at this point these systems basically are my window into the cultures i've chosen to participate in, right? don't get along with most people from work outside of work (we wouldn't agree on much, would actively disagree on a lot) and so on
things like discord or whatever im fine to let just flow past me, they're in-the-moment, ephemeral
if someone makes a post here (or any of the other "stickier" places to post), it could be anything from a shitpost to finding out about something meaningful to the community like Sy Sable, to "hey i got diagnosed with cancer"
imagine missing that someone you knew for ten or more years got cancer because of too much scrollback?
i've always had this kind of weird relationship with social media though, it's never been quite ephemeral to let the firehose form a stream that flows gently past like discord or IRC, but not quite permanent(?) or manageable enough to feel like i can rely on it to keep up with important things, or even the little daily things that aren't important because of scale, but because of proximity?
yeah anyway it's 5am and this is a problem i've had and not solved for over a decade, it doesnt need more words