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Twitter is truly a dumpster fire. It takes me a long time to type out exactly what I am thinking now because the word capacity on Twitter is so restrained, but it amazes me that people can "functionally" argue on such a site.
I've seen within the last few days several arguments blow out of proportion. Why? Simply because Twitter as a site demands that you type something you're thinking, at exactly the same moment as it comes into thought. Several threads worth of argument devolve into, "Oh, so that's what you meant! Carry on!" as if all parties involved didn't waste time. It's not even popcorn worthy at this point. It's just pathetic.
I've lurked online for as long as I can remember, I've seen arguments break out everywhere. Yet Twitter is the only platform I have seen where people routinely get into fights and only then consider that maybe, just maybe, they misunderstood what the other person was saying and then blaming the format of the site, the format it has been in since inception, rather than their own constant game of jumping to conclusion.
I've seen within the last few days several arguments blow out of proportion. Why? Simply because Twitter as a site demands that you type something you're thinking, at exactly the same moment as it comes into thought. Several threads worth of argument devolve into, "Oh, so that's what you meant! Carry on!" as if all parties involved didn't waste time. It's not even popcorn worthy at this point. It's just pathetic.
I've lurked online for as long as I can remember, I've seen arguments break out everywhere. Yet Twitter is the only platform I have seen where people routinely get into fights and only then consider that maybe, just maybe, they misunderstood what the other person was saying and then blaming the format of the site, the format it has been in since inception, rather than their own constant game of jumping to conclusion.
Formal Post
Dec. 8th, 2018 10:58 amI'm not exactly sure what I should be posting here. I mean, it's been a while since I've used a site like this. Years ago, I deleted my dreamwidth account, and I'm regretting it because it felt like I had been here forever.
I remember the livejournal purge, and the subsequent move to tumblr. It felt like livejournal wasn't the same, especially after the buyout. But here, here is good. Dreamwidth feels true to form, and if at all possible, I hope to meet some nice people here.
A lot has changed since I've used a platform like this. I have a full-time position that allows my mental health to have a good rest, I have stopped trying to keep my hair so long, shorter is better, easier to manage, reduced my headaches, and in all honesty I'm simply too old to care now.
Things are on the up and up for me personally, and I hope they continue to improve with this radically changing internet and world landscape.
I remember the livejournal purge, and the subsequent move to tumblr. It felt like livejournal wasn't the same, especially after the buyout. But here, here is good. Dreamwidth feels true to form, and if at all possible, I hope to meet some nice people here.
A lot has changed since I've used a platform like this. I have a full-time position that allows my mental health to have a good rest, I have stopped trying to keep my hair so long, shorter is better, easier to manage, reduced my headaches, and in all honesty I'm simply too old to care now.
Things are on the up and up for me personally, and I hope they continue to improve with this radically changing internet and world landscape.
New Beginning
Dec. 5th, 2018 09:39 amSo it has come to this. Honestly, I don't mind. I prefer this type of journal, and this is very comforting and nostalgic for me. I just hope the artists I follow end up here too.
