i have written a post. it's long, entirely personal, and it makes me feel very vulnerable.
on socialization, social media and emotional maturity, or: how i learned to stop worrying and become the change i wanted to see in the world
i feel like people don't take it seriously enough when i say that my life is online and think i'm just being cute
the internet was never a tool or a distraction for me
the internet is my home and my home is being taken over and destroyed
that is perhaps another blog post i should write
@esm i'm really glad it's resonating with more people, thank you for reading it
@mavica_again
I have a similar experience. I've taken a huge step back from any kind of mainstream platform, or even devices, and honestly my life's been better for it.
I engage more with mastodon than I've engaged with any kind of social community online in a long time. I've also started to get back into forums too.
I've taken to calling the non-social media internet the "outernet," and the vibes on this side are very reminiscent of the time when we were all weirdos and outcasts on here.
@mavica_again I think we need to draw a hard distinction between the mainstream internet and the outernet to have a healthy engagement with it again.
@bibbs i've heard it as "small web" or "indie web" but it just doesn't feel like a really... contiguous thing to me?
not that i think the distinction is a bad thing just i don't feel it does much in the grand scheme of things
not sure what kind of online place i'm in that i could call a "home". maybe my group chat of 3 (active) friends? it's the only place i felt like i could reliably start and take part in conversations. only recently is there barely enough converation between other people for it to feel like a place and not just me messaging whoever looks at it
@mavica_again read the above blogpost and this thread and i feel like i can relate to this heavily, thank you for writing this