it seems people are more interested in amassing clout by loudly enforcing their own in-group boundaries than ever having a productive conversation

perhaps it is the same psychological motivation as anti-immigration culture-warmongering...

I had a loose friend well over a decade ago who I agreed with on a ton of issues and critiques, but they would simply identify infractions and then scream at those people, and when they tried to deputize me one time I was like "this is unstrategic" and they thought it was a Great Betrayal.

i mean surely 90% of the talent requirement is contained in the execution, no? is taking inspiration from AI any different from, say, ekphrastic literature?

@kittycatkate.bsky.social i forgot about the football game so i was like "omg niche mention"

not to mention that a lot of my twitter friends are apolitical, whereas here, i haven't seen a single apolitical account (outside of e.g. artist accounts and/or porn, which i mean it's ok for it to be here just not for me yknow)

eh, at least on twitter if i *wanted* to find content outside of my current center-left comfort zone, i can (and often do because there's heavy intermixing between circles)

here... nobody with my beliefs really seems to post here and it's alienating

What are the profit margins of Walmart and CVS? Why is society better off having people work as cashiers instead of other, more productive jobs?

the problem isn't that we don't have the *ability* to read chat logs. it's that it would be unethical. many users consider that data private, and don't want it accessed outside of the already-agreed-upon terms and conditions

@kittycatkate.bsky.social u stopping me >:(

i will try

it was like weeks ago too 😭😭

lots of my most loyal oomfs are 1:1s with 4 figure followers tho 😭

like ik my ratio is 1:1 but im just a girl. im not gonna prune who i follow, that just makes my timeline less interesting :(