Amber [she/her]

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Joined 4 years ago
Cake day: July 27th, 2020
  • Amber [she/her]tomain•*Permanently Deleted*
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    4 years ago

    Tl;dr:

    [Podcasts] usually start from a very human place — shared interests and desire for discussion and community with like-minded people, but they have a very distinct tendency to eventually devolve into a place for people to joylessly seethe in unison, with the object of [podcasting] inevitably relegated to a minor point of reference. The demotion of the object of [podcasting] is actually pretty healthy. (After all, how much can [a podcast] really say [...]?)

    However, the nature of [podcasts] is insular, so as they grow and expand, the once-fortifying intimate bonds created in the early days of shared [podcasting] are spread thinner and thinner; the [podcast] becomes more and more inward-facing in an attempt to preserve and recreate those bonds. Ironically this almost always ends with the social dynamics breaking down into a cruel, paranoid war of poster against poster. Often, eventually the [fans who support the podcast] — whether it’s [on Reddit or on Twitter] — [are] eventually denounced en masse on the [podcast] at regular intervals.

    The last time someone asked me about the Chapo [podcast], it was because there was a campaign among the [podcasters] to [shit on their] own [fandom] and [the] business [it generates for the podcast], who also [all universally] hate [social media]. It would be more disturbing if it weren’t so hilarious, but there is something about the [podcasting] medium that genuinely gives a lot of people the impression that not only do they know all of us, but they’re our bosses, HR department, and Very Disappointed Mommies all at once.

    [Podcasts] are like commune cults without the sex.