I love every part of this @Shepherd and I love that you asked this @minnieo. I needed this from you both... To know I'm not alone here.
I've been leaning into that chaos more and realizing that hey, so what if I'm painting my basement ceiling at 2am? I'm getting something done, no one's getting hurt, and I'm off tomorrow.
I'm feeling less stress because I'm not trying to force myself into the structure of how I'm "supposed" to be doing things
FWIW I encountered a spam bot that I downvoted a few times until I realized I could block it. I just checked my boost tab, and they're not showing up (probably because I blocked it). So maybe if you block the bot, you'll at least not have to see it when you go look?
Yeah, I do too. I don't know what it's called exactly, but on Firefox (and I think Chrome and Safari?) if you go to the Kbin tab and hit the three dots in the upper right, you can "add to home screen". That puts a dedicated "app" to that tab without it showing up in your browser app.
It works just fine for me while an actual app developes. I'm actually kind of excited to see the evolution!
Maybe a bit of accountability isn't a bad thing though. It might make the downvote more of an actual "this does not contribute" instead of a "I disagree". Unless it's on /m/unpopularopinions! (Did I do that right?) I do like that down votes are significantly less common so far.
I find that on mobile, I'll come across something I've accidentally down voted since the buttons are on the right now! I can't seem to find a list of what I've downvoted, though. I'd like to make sure I cleaned up after my fat right thumb!
I agree with you 100%. I'm interacting and contributing more on here in the last three days than over a decade on Reddit. I like that I can have a conversation with people here instead of a hive mind. I feel like I'm sitting in a comfortable chair drinking a coffee on here, actually enjoying content as it trickles in. Unlike what I was doing on Reddit which was more like slamming a monster while driving.
And the avatars! I forgot what it was like to recognize someone by their avatar.
This slower early internet feel has really been comforting in an honestly hectic point in my life. Regardless of what happens after the 14th or 30th or whatever, I'm staying here.
Jumping back to what you said about communities and magazines having differences, I think you helped me understand something that's been mildly confusing.
Is it safe to say that communities are equivalent to subreddits, whereas magazines are subreddits with a group chat (called microblogs that are what a "post" contributes to)?
Definitely slow, but I kinda like it (for now). I feel like I'm paying attention to what I'm doing here instead of just doom scrolling and time sinking.