I miss being chatty on Cohost
Being a social person in a global pandemic is hell. I want to talk and smile and listen to people and make friends but 99% of the time I'm the only person in any given environment wearing a mask.
Cohost was so wonderful for being social. I loved sending asks and commenting on posts and there was no algorithmic benefit to any of it, I just got to be social without worrying about engagement farming or bots or people leaving likes on my comments.
I miss it a lot. It feels weird wanting to encourage people to chat on my blog more cause blogging is so poisoned by capitalist weirdos who are just trying to make number go up to make their blog a business. And the discover feed on Bear super doesn't satisfy my craving to listen to people cause it's so rare for people to just post about themselves. So often it's just some loser talking about AI or 'How Looking Into the Sun Made Me Better at Trading'.
I miss having a space to meet queer people and talk and be ourselves. I dunno, I want to share my love and my care, especially now when things suck. I love to be chatty and I miss it.