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elle
@riotgoools
i have a lot of feelings but i'm on no sleep and since i'm casting in this channel i'll keep it on topic: i've been posting more doomer content lately even tho i'd rather focus on good things. but now i expect the enshittification of the web to accelerate. the democrats aren't really better for the web but they are less distracting. when the firehose of trump's shitshow turns on again in january, many will be too distracted daily like last time to do productive things to prevent further enshittifying. it's no coincidence the death date of the internet is often cited as 2016/2017. now he has elon as a sidekick too, so it will be doubly as annoying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ not sure what that means for this channel. "A channel for Very Internet Persons to discuss net culture, intermedia, and having fun online." seems frivolous now as i'm not sure online will be very fun for a while and i'll have to spend more time offline working to insulate my loved ones from the "hardship" that elon is promising. i hope i'm wrong tho
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Naomi
@naomiii
Hoping for the best too, but it's probably wise to be prepared for worse. For me, I'm not in the US, but I also live in a region of the country that's currently leaning very heavily right and I'm afraid it'll be much more normalized now :(( And unfortunately it's showing online too.. Some times this entire slop makes me so angry, even if it's not propaganda... especially when they are targeting kids Idk. Feels so wrong. Maybe in this channel we can continue having debates about what's happening and who knows, maybe something surprising cool and new comes along that's more human-centric and still gives us access to all the info.
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elle
@riotgoools
yes, i'm thinking a lot about how to go forward with this channel. i kind of feel like part of it is presenting a different worldview than what might be dominant here. but also part of me feels like maybe it's not the place/time/audience for it anymore ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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artlu is on lunchbreak
@artlu
here to support whichever direction you decide to take it
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elle
@riotgoools
ty – at the end of the day, i don't think i decide where it goes. it's all the ppl in here or the lack thereof ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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