missingno

A rising tide lifts all ships. A larger userbase doesn’t just mean “normies”, it means a wider variety of demographics, fandoms, and views.

And that in turn means that somewhere in the large userbase will be more people who match my freak. The main thing I used Reddit for was niche hobbies and fandoms, but over here I suspect I might be the only person on this platform who’s into my specific hyperfixations. If the userbase was large enough, there might be a chance to try and establish communities for some of those things.

But perhaps most importantly, I want this place to grow to prove that alternatives to the corporate social media platforms can succeed. And in order to do that, we do need “normies”, we need to pull them away from those corporate platforms.

Studies have shown that using cruelty as a deterrent doesn’t actually work.

There are people who deserve to be stripped of power and stopped from causing further suffering. But does making them suffer back actually accomplish anything productive?

In the short term, a lot of things will get worse before they get better. But in the long run, I do believe it eventually gets better.

Progress has always trended forwards. Look at where humanity was 50, 100, 200, 300 years ago.

Always get it in writing.

Hasn’t dual-booting on Retroid devices always been a thing?