It was good timing indeed! January is another good month for anyone coming back or starting fresh, what with the snowflake_challenge going on. There’s a lot of traffic at that time as well and lots of people active.
And yes, I agree. Social media is engineered for “engagement”, after all, not enlightenment, and primal emotions are much more potent in keeping people glued to their screens than reasonable, thoughtful interaction. Hate is an easy feeling to rouse and use against people and the fact that the virtual world has become so enmeshed with the real one means all the crap people have been feeding on online has an influence in real life too. Yet it’s so easy to break the cycle if only one opens one’s eyes to it all…
We’re definitely not the only ones! This seems to be quite a common complaint all in all, not feeling at liberty to talk online. Some people find other venues (like here! :) ) though I suspect others might just give up and wrap themselves up in their silence. I’m happy to know Twitter has worked for you in that department at least! Although, yeah, it might be easier to get in touch with other fans when you like the same ship, haha. I don’t hate the big ship in my main fandom, I just don’t feel any particular attachment to it but it’s hard to talk about the show in general when everyone only has eyes for their ship despite the series being so much bigger than the pairing… Oh, well!
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Date: 2025-05-05 03:02 pm (UTC)And yes, I agree. Social media is engineered for “engagement”, after all, not enlightenment, and primal emotions are much more potent in keeping people glued to their screens than reasonable, thoughtful interaction. Hate is an easy feeling to rouse and use against people and the fact that the virtual world has become so enmeshed with the real one means all the crap people have been feeding on online has an influence in real life too. Yet it’s so easy to break the cycle if only one opens one’s eyes to it all…
We’re definitely not the only ones! This seems to be quite a common complaint all in all, not feeling at liberty to talk online. Some people find other venues (like here! :) ) though I suspect others might just give up and wrap themselves up in their silence. I’m happy to know Twitter has worked for you in that department at least! Although, yeah, it might be easier to get in touch with other fans when you like the same ship, haha. I don’t hate the big ship in my main fandom, I just don’t feel any particular attachment to it but it’s hard to talk about the show in general when everyone only has eyes for their ship despite the series being so much bigger than the pairing… Oh, well!