Threads, Mastodon, and the Loneliness of Social Media
Threads, Mastodon, and the Loneliness of Social Media
Why the debate about social media is not about tech or the internet at all.
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Pages/Apps like Threads make me feel really insecure and insignificant, like my self esteem lost all its value and the only thing I want is to be relevant, to matter to people. And because those things are very difficult unless you're a celebrity, it creates frustration, shattered dreams, more impatience, depression, and a deep feeling of irrelevance. I don't want that in my life, especially being myself a neurodivergent person. My goal is to create relationships, not footmen.
It feels like all the people clamoring to get onto threads are like wanabe influencers n stuff. Or they are motivated by the crowd, the fear of missing out. And the signs seems to pointing towards a lot of bigots being platformed on there too, and it's telling that all these people clamoring to get on there don't seem to care they are signing up to be in the same space as the bigots.
I love mastodon for its small town vibe. Gay people everywhere tooting hug emojis constantly. People posting pics of their gardens or their art. Not a bigot in sight. No one selling me anything except small struggling artists who I actually want to support. I love it.
It feels like all the people clamoring to get onto threads are like wanabe influencers n stuff.
I have very little interest in becoming an influencer but I was definitely hoping I could game the system a little to get more engagement. It was just "good" timing that threads dropped because I have a couple of things I'm trying to promote right now.
I put good in quotes because after 2 days I've been advertised to a ton but I don't think any of my comments have made it outside my circle.
I guess I'm trying to say that I think a lot of people want something in between being an influencer and being a product. I don't need to be the next Louis Rossmann but I would really appreciate it if the flyers I post for the grassroots House music parties I throw got more than 10 "impressions". Instead it feels like the only time Meta promotes my posts is if Meta can get a couple clicks out of a political post by showing it to my republican relatives.