Rambling into the Void

filed under: personal	01.10.26
On the importance of shouting into the void. These days, there just aren't enough voids--and yet the number of people shouting has remained the same. It's frustrating that all available venues for said shouting are... well, not voids. Every venue of self-expression online now is tied to social media, which means that you must put yourself on display for all to see. No room to edit or revise your thoughts. Subject yourself to the whims of any overly familiar weirdo, from namesearching minor celebrities to wannabe influencers following a hundred different tags and keywords. Honestly, I hate it. That's why I hated Twitter, and it's why I'm not a fan of Bsky. There's something insidious about the way these things work, I think. When I post on something like Bsky, it feels less like I'm inviting the reader into my home for a chat, and more like I'm shouting in the town square. I guess that's the thing about the modern internet, isn't it? Most people on it no longer have homepages, nobody says "welcome to my little corner of the web" or shit like that. The corporate web has taken almost every mode of self-expression from us, and that sucks. So, I think more people need to get themselves a good old-fashioned shoutin' void. Here's mine. Now, does that mean I don't want strangers reading what I write? Of course not! This blog is publicly viewable, and believe it or not, I do like to get some attention sometimes. Otherwise, why post at all? But this is my space. It's not a public forum. This is not a bulletin board, but an unlocked journal left on a table. Enjoy your stay, or don't. Either way, I hope you consider creating your own little void to shout into as well, if you haven't already.
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filed under: personal

01.10.26

On the importance of shouting into the void.

These days, there just aren't enough voids--and yet the number of people shouting has remained the same.
It's frustrating that all available venues for said shouting are... well, not voids. Every venue of self-expression online now is tied to social media, which means that you must put yourself on display for all to see. No room to edit or revise your thoughts. Subject yourself to the whims of any overly familiar weirdo, from namesearching minor celebrities to wannabe influencers following a hundred different tags and keywords.
Honestly, I hate it. That's why I hated Twitter, and it's why I'm not a fan of Bsky. There's something insidious about the way these things work, I think. When I post on something like Bsky, it feels less like I'm inviting the reader into my home for a chat, and more like I'm shouting in the town square. I guess that's the thing about the modern internet, isn't it? Most people on it no longer have homepages, nobody says "welcome to my little corner of the web" or shit like that. The corporate web has taken almost every mode of self-expression from us, and that sucks.
So, I think more people need to get themselves a good old-fashioned shoutin' void. Here's mine. Now, does that mean I don't want strangers reading what I write? Of course not! This blog is publicly viewable, and believe it or not, I do like to get some attention sometimes. Otherwise, why post at all? But this is my space. It's not a public forum. This is not a bulletin board, but an unlocked journal left on a table.
Enjoy your stay, or don't. Either way, I hope you consider creating your own little void to shout into as well, if you haven't already.

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