isaac

@lesmiserables

i miss the tiny people in my phone

he/they

25 || decrepit relic uncovered from quotev archaeological dig site || idk what im doing here i just wanna vibe w people

isaac @lesmiserables8/17/2024, 12:06 AM

i think what cohost is lacking most of all is definitely just like tools/features that make it more social, less lonely feeling.

i know partly it feels lonely here because im not a furry or like a programmer or whatever so i dont fit with the biggest crowds, but i still think the way the site is designed makes it feel really isolating

i don’t even really know what the solution to that would be, but

it also kind of seems like people on cohost are less engaging/interactive in general, or maybe that’s just because I haven’t met many people. but just from stalking random posts, even the most popular ones have very little engagement or interaction (and i dont say that from like a popularity contest or influencer-y way, i don’t give a shit about that). idk it just doesn’t feel very social for a social media site.

my favorite things about quotev were the ability to really customize your accounts with layouts, and the way that your feed was really just one giant chat room. it was so fun like replying to people and goofing off with people right on the feed, post by post, rather than just leaving a comment or two directly underneath someone’s post and then the conversation getting lost and, again, feeling really separated

I’m definitely not wording any of this very well because i don’t speak social media and don’t know the best ways to get my points across

oh edit: having more ways to really customize/personalize our profiles/pages would be a help, too, i think. to kind of set people apart and really have an opportunity to express ourselves and show a little flair of what our vibe is with more than just blocks of text that most people don’t want to read unless they’re invested

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blythe 🐙@ikayblythe8/17/2024, 1:09 AM

To be honest, I had that sentiment as well. But coming from places like tumblr/twitter, having a small "microdose" of social media feels so much better and cozier to me. Do I wish it were a lil bigger? Yeah. But just having a cold plunge into something like "anti" social media honestly feels great once you get used to it. Commenting on random posts feels way less daunting since it doesnt feel like your words will get lost in a sea of numbers.

@frenemymine8/17/2024, 1:22 AM

I think it’s notable that with the only actual friendships I’ve made on cohost we’ve quickly taken our conversations off of cohost to email or kosmi or whatever because this platform is just… not good for it haha

isaac @lesmiserables8/17/2024, 1:59 AM

that makes sense !

in tuft we trust @tit8/17/2024, 2:58 PM

agree 100%. feels like talking to a wall at most times. sometimes the wall punches you

nicky flowers @nicky8/17/2024, 3:01 PM

i've personally been trying to comment on more posts AND send asks. tumblr has a more... idk, robust ask/reply culture if you wanna call it that. i think we all gotta work on cultivating something like that

Marine @MarineHaddock8/18/2024, 10:34 AM

I always feel weird going to the Cohost Global Feed cause ppl were like "that's just a joke feed don't actually use it" but just being like. Well, no one's posting my interests in tags so where else am I gonna find posts to look at? People to interact with? On other sites, the things I had interests in had communities so it wasn't hard to lay roots and then find people to follow from them but here, I've not been able to branch at all. It makes it really hard to engage with the community when my feed is stuck empty and no one is making themselves known.

lori @lori8/18/2024, 2:00 PM

I think the comment threading is a big part of the problem. You can get about five replies deep before comments become 100% unreadable and the site has been like this since the beginning. It's honestly just untenable to have a conversation here outside of just a quick one off comment, which leads to a site culture where people don't bother.

xyzzy @xyzzy8/18/2024, 5:28 PM

i remember reading a post a while back arguing that cohost should at least give you the option to see when mutuals like or repost something you reposted

i totally agree, i think that’s actually quite a fun thing about tumblr- when you see someone reblog something from you and you’re like “i thought they would like that one :)” or alternately “oh i didn’t know they were into x”

it’s a nice small social interaction i think!! whereas here with my mutuals it’s just like… we look at each others things, i guess, and i don’t know any more than that.

isaac @lesmiserables8/18/2024, 7:33 PM

exactly!!! also being able to like comments would be nice. to be able to say ‘I agree with you’ but not have to type out a reply every time just to show that you… yknow, like someone’s comment

allister @allister2918/18/2024, 10:18 PM

honestly i wish cohost had a DM feature so you could chat privately with mutuals or share info without having to show it to the entire world to see or moving to an entirely different platform

the ability to like comments would be fun too, or see what tags people have put on your posts.

Coyote @osteophage9/4/2024, 2:22 AM

I keep saying it but this site needs community features. Not just bookmarked tags. Actual, dedicated, moderated group features.

Also agreeing with Lori that the comment nesting needs to be toned down, since it's hard to develop a culture of comments when it doesn't take long for a thread to turn into this: