Carm's corner

These last couple of days, probably caused by the change in the block feature and (much less, it seems) by the "AI" thing, and all the people trying to leave twitter, I have been seeing more and more posts about bridging fedi and bluesky accounts and it's a bit annoying. I don't care about the technicalities, it's just annoying seeing posts of a platform I'm not on...

What upset me the most about the whole thing was seeing an explicit fanart post without being behind the usual CW thingy or the "sensitive media" thingy. I've become so used to those things that I check my accounts on moshidon very freely in public without having to worry about something inappropriate showing up unexpectedly when I'm at work or on the bus. I have many filters on fedi and they work and it's great. I didn't have a "nsfw" filter precisely because people use the CW and "sensitive media" tools, but apparently people don't use those so much in bluesky... So, now I have a "nsfw" filter. It was just a bit annoying, but enough to make me want to complain lol

And I suppose I understand the excitement but, personally, I couldn't care less about bluesky. I don't think I'm ever going to try it. I like the quietness of fedi and now that I'm trying to use this space more often, I think I found the combo that works for me. I'm just so done with trying to keep up with the frenetic pace of posting and scrolling, and "being where the people are"... And I don't have the time or energy to try to maintain another social media account. Like a meme in spanish says: "¿Para qué o qué?" Once again, I feel like such an old man, but I don’t care either, I’m old and that’s ok.

I have a locked instagram account I barely use now, but the few outside the internet friends I have use it so, yeah. I also gave in and made a tiktok account because people insist on sharing videos from that site with me, and I admit some of them are interesting or fun… and I follow at least five people who make linguistic divulgation content and I like what they post, but I really dislike the way tiktok works in general. And, finally, I have a tumblr account I use to see fanart or gif sets... I like the gif sets...

I used to have two twitter accounts, but stopped using them last year, just a little after moving to fedi, but I think I'm going to go and actually delete them for good now.

I get that people move where their groups move, and that's fine... I just don't work that way. Sure, I moved when some part of the ofmd fandom did because twitter was unbearable, but I stayed because I liked it. Many of those mutuals who moved back then didn't stay that long and went back to twitter.

I usually burn my bridges and don't look back. I have done things that way almost all my life. And I'm not saying that's the best way, it's a very lonely path sometimes. And I'm trying to be better in that aspect, I am trying to nurture the acquaintanceships that are blooming, and I wish I knew how to do it in a better way, but I've always been a bit socially inept. So, it's been surprising to find myself interacting so much with people on fedi. I suppose I just find it easier to try to connect when the norm is not the rage bait and getting off on being angry, and just feeding on discourse all day every day. Not like there’s no discourse on fedi, but at least the corner where I hang out is not filled with useless fury.