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Hello! I'm an artist, writer, and game developer. I work for @7thBeatGames on "A Dance of Fire and Ice" and "Rhythm Doctor."
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I run @IndieGamesofCohost where I share screenshots and spotlights of indie games. I also interview devs here on Cohost.
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in reply to @kylelabriola's post:
it feels like all these people are missing the point that accounts who aren’t part of any communities on the site, and likely do not desire to integrate into any communities there but just exist on the sidelines, will just be reblogging those posts to nobody. also this is why i appreciate that people liking posts on cohost isn’t going to be steering the site’s fate at all or something because it’s not motivated by the same VC engagement brainrot.
i went down the rabbithole of the reblogs and the comments and it's just really bizarre.
like, people reply with "but i dont really wanna reblog onto my blog? so i just like it" and then the other people go "THEN GO MAKE A SIDEBLOG AND REBLOG IT"
but...why? a sideblog with 0 followers??? is the point just to give the posters a boost of self-esteem with the Reblog count number?
funny enough i was just posting about this sort of thing the other day: https://cohost.org/littlerat/post/2483998-likes-are-good-too
the desire for deep engagement is not inherently a bad thing, but thinking it is owed to you just makes things worse for everyone
i really do recommend people practice just... being happy that people care about what they have to say and share, regardless of how they express it??
also the concept that forcing people to reblog is sticking it to The Man is a bit... hmm
Yup, absolutely agree. And the things written by you and the others in that chain you just linked are really beautiful.
I really do think that detailed feedback is a finite resource. And in a weird sense, your own timeline is also a finite resource [because it will take extra time, attention, and scrolling to navigate it.] We shouldn't take lightly when people interact with us in any way, even if it can't be "deep engagement" every time or even if their kind comments start to get shorter and shorter.
yee
it can be hard to remember in the moment, but it's important not to be the thieves of our own joy
we deserve to feel nice about nice things!!
god yeah this is the kind of shit i remember seeing back in the earlier days of tumblr where people would constantly shame each other for not reblogging things. its exhausting
i will always appreciate different online spaces morphing into their own specific sets of subculture and behavior, but that is one of the aspects specific to Tumblr that is SO baffling to me. they feel real strong about it!
This was so weird to read. "You are destroying this website by using the positive interaction button."
It reminds me of the calls to attention from Twitter like "It costs nothing to retweet." It costs less to scroll past this. Is this actually about cost?
Yeah definitely. And phrases like that make me less likely to retweet!
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