I think the internet would be a lot better if more people could articulate why they personally don't like something without insulting the intelligence, taste or morals of people who do enjoy that thing
This isn't a subchost of anything or any single post in particular, but it's something I've noticed is very common on here
tbh it's. A little frustrating here, and it's one of the reasons people I know who refuse to use cohost cite for not doing so. We need to be more accepting of people who just. Enjoy things we don't.
particularly in techy circles (not just here! its a problem everywhere, although i've definitely experienced it here a few times), there's a pervasive elitism around things that's not super easy to recognize, until people start being elitist against things you like. like, linux is cool and all, but don't use that as an excuse to reign supreme over people who use windows because they're comfortable with it and it works for them. programming languages are also really bad with this too - like, i'm a webdev, and i genuinely don't hate it, i like building websites and working with web frameworks. and i know javascript/the wider web ecosystem really isn't in a perfect state rn but i can only laugh along with dunking on it for so long until it just becomes... sigh... yknow?
it takes a conscious effort to weed this mentality out. it's not easy to start catching yourself when you play into it, and stopping yourself. but its worth it to make a more welcoming space for more people.
Y’know, rechost. I’ll try to be better.
