@Sailorplutoid
i definitely agree/often boost & follow people from #introductions

this particular post is more about friends who sign up, never post, and then leave. or they post one thing with no hashtag and ignore people replying to them and then leave. we as a community can't reach people that aren't willing to meet us halfway by being present

there's not really anything to be done about it imo, it's just frustrating when people decide they don't like the platform just based on signing up and passively reading the local/federated timeline

@polychrome
yeah i've had some people really embrace it but i'm surprised how few have considering i met a lot of my friends on similarly small/interactive internet communities in the mid-2000s

i mean again, i can't force anyone to do anything it just throws me a bit how much attitudes have changed

@ebeth Well you've probably heard this one by now:

2007: don't tell online strangers your name!

2017: Literally summon online strangers to your house so you can get into their car.

@deutrino this was honestly more a complaint about my friends than anything

like yeah that could be neat but i really don't think it will help people unless they actually engage with those suggestions and this post is more complaining about people who don't engage at all

@rowan right!!! thank u

@sullybiker all good points, yeah

not everyone i'm talking about is necessarily on twitter, but i guess i can see how it's easier for people to stay in their comfort zones in general

@solariiknight
yeah facebook is in a weird space, i found it really jarring when i first got it (~2007 iirc) because it was the first time people i knew irl we're making contact online. before then i had always thought of the internet and the physical world as separate places

i don't use it much these days either but ironically i actually have a few internet friends that i'm only in contact with there, so i'm hesitant about deleting it