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this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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Who cares? Just share thoughts if you have interesting one's, what is that bad thing that can happen that prevent's you from this?
I think people are used to a web that’s solely focused on viral content as opposed to deeply engaging content. For that reason people don’t think their contributions are valuable and decide to not post.
The truth of the matter is actually that real communities are dependent on the non viral content. So it’s important to reframe how we act in a more tight knit web community and treat it more like a party than a competition to have the most viral piece of media.
The sooner we can get back to casual conversation as a means for real community building, the sooner we can get away from the perpetual viral doom scroll environments.
As someone who definitely was guilty of starting/wanting to answer to posts then not doing it, I had never thought of it before in terms of viral and non-viral content.
Agree! It's a conversation, not a dissertation :)