While I'm definitely against the idea that mass is everything for a platform, something I definitely miss was the viability of "local" and/or "regional" stuff on Twitter due to the absurd mass it had.
Over the past few years my life has become more "local" and less "generally online" lately (somehow despite the pandemic), and I've been hesitant to bring that to my new platforms of choice because it feels unlikely to be relevant to anyone who'd see it.
One of the many reasons I believe having unrestricted internet access at a young age has ruined me is how little knowledge I have on the goings on of my own country. I have a basic understanding of Croatian politics, sure, but it pales in comparison to what I know about American politics. I always felt that being "worldly" would allow me to have a dense bank of knowledge I could use to positively affect my own surrounding, but I forgot to actually pay attention to that surrounding. Now I have to play catch-up which is honestly a little embarrassing for me considering I'm twenty years old.
