I was gonna say something like "damn, hasn't this woman been through enough?", but I then started wondering if Merrick & other Twitter-left-"celebrities" actually have more friends, or social happiness, than the average person, or if that type of Twitter-celebrity is also deeply alienating. Is true online loneliness or isolation better than illusory non-isolation? Is it better to have no Twitter or a popular one? How is there any fulfillment to retweeting/liking the blandest shit and putting out such trite takes out in to the world, knowing that what gets the most engagement is what enrages and not what enlightens?
I once had 500~1000 followers, yet I think it was very unhealthy, because I was so incentivized to be angry, to engage with things that enraged me and made me feel miserable, let alone the harassment. How have loneliness rates risen so rapidly when connection is easier than ever? Deep shit fellas.
How have loneliness rates risen so rapidly when connection is easier than ever?
Imo, connection is actually harder than ever. Both permanent communities and public spaces have been annihilated. Typing on a busybox in a shitty apartment can't replace that. Also the box is designed to make you mentally ill.
I was gonna say something like "damn, hasn't this woman been through enough?", but I then started wondering if Merrick & other Twitter-left-"celebrities" actually have more friends, or social happiness, than the average person, or if that type of Twitter-celebrity is also deeply alienating. Is true online loneliness or isolation better than illusory non-isolation? Is it better to have no Twitter or a popular one? How is there any fulfillment to retweeting/liking the blandest shit and putting out such trite takes out in to the world, knowing that what gets the most engagement is what enrages and not what enlightens?
I once had 500~1000 followers, yet I think it was very unhealthy, because I was so incentivized to be angry, to engage with things that enraged me and made me feel miserable, let alone the harassment. How have loneliness rates risen so rapidly when connection is easier than ever? Deep shit fellas.
no twitter
I get a real kick when some jerk with bad priorities points out my low follower count.
Imo, connection is actually harder than ever. Both permanent communities and public spaces have been annihilated. Typing on a busybox in a shitty apartment can't replace that. Also the box is designed to make you mentally ill.