We should probably stop doing this
... is definitely an inflammatory hook for what I'm about to say but bear with me.
As I was looking through the Bearblog discovery page I stumbled upon the blog post A summary of things I learned from my time on Bear by Perfect, right as I was planning on going to my blog to write this post and it kind of reaffirmed what I was thinking.
I, like many of the people on Bearblog and beyond moved to microblogging and the indie web to escape mainstream internet hell. But at some point... we're going to have to chill with how much we're talking about it. Not going to lie, despite being the exact kind of person Ava refers to in this blog post, it's getting repetitive in an exhausting way. I feel like we keep riling each other up with how tired we are of the way the internet has become without ever.. y'know... truly creating an authentic, creative and personal experience. At least on Bearblog as far as I've seen.
I've rarely ever seen non-tech or non-[what I said above] posts reach the trending page, and that's also kind of disheartening.
Of course I ain't here to police expression nor do I want us to stop talking about the state of the internet and the world, I just wanted to put this out there as food for thought. Maybe urge the people who wonder if people will be interested in their personal life and interests - to go for it. Hell, send your posts to me, I'll read em! I'm interested