people posting here are going out of their way to post – and it feels like every thought has more weight or sanctity or meaning when it’s being posted here, at the dawn of a new era and the fall of an old.
i’m spending more time actually reading and engaging with every comment, parsing the details and thinking about it, conceptually. versus just looking at garbage all day, garbage with a little bit of fentanyl in to keep you hooked
I was going to say. For now.
But that said, I think the ability to curate community experiences is fundamentally shifted for better or worse by federation. Users, mods, and admins aren’t locked in any more.