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And we’re back.

This app is exhaustingly neurotic

Long periods of therapy-posting punctuated by bursts of either apocalyptic political freakouts or horny-posting

All vibes no posts really. A kind of stormy subcultural hormone soup of eternal adolescence

Question: what is a low stake technology/technology adjacent thing that you deal with all the time in your life and that bothers you? (Example: your phone rings on your computer/watch/phone all at once, your router splits your wifi into 2 separate networks and it confuses you, automotion plus, etc)

Hey hey! I am just reading your book on participatory culture. First off, absolutely excellent conversation between Henri, Mimi and yourself. I’m actually doing research on online formations (like swarms) and wanted to say hello!

Banger

new poast: on social media, audience dynamics, avoiding audience capture and 1-on-1 posting

https://abstractfairy.brick.do/social-media-and-audience-capture-kqONdoydY702

I think that’s part of it, as it’s not really possible to join a community and ‘not adapt’ — although a community can preserve their identity better I think since 1 individual, especially at scale, has less of a relative impact

however, once a voice in a network is established, if agency of new members isn’t preserved, the pressure to assimilate outweighs the ability to influence and have a dynamic moving voice. the network ossifies, and through this preserves a historical state. this is a neutral characteristic

social networks develop unique voices, states of thinking. there’s a reason Twitter and Facebook have a “type of person” — so did MySpace. when we embed ourselves into communities, the same dynamic happens. this is what attunement feels like.

Ugh, this loop, can't believe I'm in it. Back to the shit mines bro

Just realised I like it here because no ads

social bubbles can be good actually

thinking about how I could have an AI manage my content feed so I’m reading books while I scroll social updates

Just ordered and pumped to read it

Yo great find wow

Hewwo Liwwy! 🌞💙🌤️ Hops u have a bluesky day!

I spent 11 years on Twitter before posting more than once per month or less

Neither — didn’t really write at all growing up, completely was ok following rules growing up. Honestly it just reads better imo — the spaces help pace my vision for clearers separation between sentences.

honestly I love double spaces between sentences

made the mistake of checking substack notes and it really does have linkedin vibes (derogative)

i had such an illegally good time spider hunting I’m considering just not working forever and collecting spider specimen and embedding them in clay to possess them as fossils forever

online communities are like mind-spaces — I wonder if this means we will eventually create some sort of individual mind-home?

Spring is here ☀️

What’s your favorite “man-purse”?

The conversations I like best are usually detailed experiences of the now (or recent now) less so about speculation or deep past

I seem to have much fewer personal memories than some other people. I wonder if it has something to with my “state of mind”, which tends to be a lot about “right now”,,, much less reminiscing into the past or even talking about the future

social media is built on flirting