I pick things up
I am a collector
And things, well things
They tend to accumulate
I have this net
It drags behind me
It picks up hobbies
For me to feed upon



There's some cool people on here but I really can't pay money for this when there hasn't been any material change with moderating racism here. Like if the policies and moderator count can't improve at the current funding level then maybe this site isn't viable. Also, while the way the site is structured helps minimize harassment it obviously still happens and the degree of context collapse on this site is among the highest I've experienced. It is hard to even understand what's going on sometimes because there is relevant information about a situation that you simply won't have access to unless someone else raises it in your feed or you're in the right place at the right time. Ultimately I've begun to think that feed-type social media moderated by a single group of people is just not viable as a form of community. It removes the ordinary, direct mechanisms a community has to deal with problems and does not provide an alternative. You just get stagnation.


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in reply to @sarksus's post:

yeah, like if i'm in a group of people hanging out somewhere and some of us don't feel safe and there's no indication of it moving towards becoming safe then it doesn't work as a social hangout.