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   Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 15:48:56 JST Abandoned America

   This isn't a knock on the fediverse - I have tremendous respect for the community here, or I wouldn't even post this - but the cratering of social media by oligarchs in the last year or five just makes me so unbelievably sad sometimes. These incredible communities have been destroyed by greed and it makes it so hard to invest emotionally in anything any more. This is particularly hard when you're an introvert & those spaces were a huge support. I wonder how many, like me, just haven't recovered.

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     Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 15:48:56 JST Abandoned America

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     I used to want to participate and be a part of online communities and now I just post a photo here and there and dip out because every place I've ever felt a part of burned to the ground. That's not something I like or feel good about, btw, but I also have a really hard time "being myself" anywhere and seeing rich douches torch my home again and again makes it so hard to invest energy in rebuilding. Especially when energy is so hard to come by. The internet is a goddamn mess right now.

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     Abandoned America (abandonedamerica@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 15:48:56 JST Abandoned America

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     You fediverse people are the one bastion of the internet not owned and manipulated by corporate interests at the moment and I am grateful for that. I am glad that you folks are out there. I do feel like too many bloody chunks of my spirit were torn out by the Musks of the world, to the degree that I barely exist online any more, but it warms my cold soul a bit to know that the community here still rocks. Thanks for that.

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     Jon Lindemann (mrdiamondj@mrdiamondj.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2024 19:46:45 JST Jon Lindemann

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     @AbandonedAmerica Right there with you. BlueSky feels cool...for now. My reaction to their growth is, how long before a megadouche or megacorp buys them out?