a nice thing about Cohost is that it hasn't convinced everyone that their role on Earth is to be the Some Schmuck News Network, offering up-to-the-minute updates and opinions on every matter of global import
"Your silence on the matter speaks volumes" culture when the volumes consist mostly of a description of how I'm actually not a political reporter but a nurse in Fucklesburg, Massachusetts and therefore mostly
qualified to commentate on the Fuckle Valley regional healthcare system
this honestly has been the biggest healthiest mindset change for me when it comes to social media an why cohost has been so much better. there are things i am equipped to write about but for everything else i am simply not the best person for it and it's not actually that important that I perform "caring" as much as possible through relaying every random post I see minute by minute on current events lest people think I don't care, which would be the worst thing really, people thinking an incorrect thing about me due to a lack of information or insight into my inner world. That's what's really important about this war or natural disaster, that everyone needs to know that I'm one of the good ones who cares about it. And everyone else who isn't acting like this is clearly some uneducated or uncaring sheep.
it's interesting how, just like we trust journalists and articles on various subjects, even if we see them being very wrong about a subject we actually know about, people trust themselves with opinions on things they don't understand. not only that, but they also trust themselves enough to post about it
