I will just never understand how "Click the tiny fucking CW button and mention you're talking about current events so your don't trigger PTSD or anxiety attacks in random people" is a goddamn divisive issue.
Just fucking CW your politics posts or go back to fucking twitter.
@spiderrobotpig cause the ability to surprise ppl w/content that, given an informed choice, they'd prefer not to see right now, is core to the viral mechanic that consolidates social media influence? ppl whose entire persona is "exploiting brain glitches for attention" don't like having to ask first :-/
@ur_faec That makes sense tbh
Just don't know why people would be so gross
@ur_faec That's just...weird. Tbh. I cannot understand
@spiderrobotpig heh. i do "understand" cause i'm around it so much. i wish i knew how to get away from it :-/ but so far, here is a lot nicer than twitter, and i hope that's still true when the dust settles.
@ur_faec I mean, I've dealt with less bs, but I wish there was a way to personally block instances. That would be perfect
@spiderrobotpig yeah. i doubt it's conscious for a lot of ppl, but once you start perceiving social spaces as a game of metrics optimization (which a LOT of tech ppl do, it's practically the entire premise of reddit and its offshoots), you'll get mad at anything that limits your personal numbers -_-