OptimistPrime
One of the best cookies
Ahh yeah! That's another one of my favorites
I'd pick being able to time travel, but maybe that's too powerful. So then let's say the ability to time travel but not be able to change anything. I just want to experience other time periods - past and future.
I feel that. I'm finding myself gravitate back to going directly to individual blogs. Just in the past couple of weeks, I've been introduced to new blogs on these smaller, more slower-paced niche communities. So it feels reminiscent of how I used to use the Internet 10-15 years ago before Reddit and monetization of everything. I had a handful of places I'd rotate through. It was just enough that there was usually something new everyday, but not an infinite sea of content. And I'm finding now that I'm actually reading the links being posted instead of just reading the comments. It kind of makes me think of how people used to watch TV. A show would release one episode a week and you had to wait for next week's show. And there was a limited number of shows. Now with all the content on all the streaming platforms plus YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc. there's an endless amount of content to consume and no built-in breaks so you can literally binge non-stop.
With Reddit or other fill-in-the-blank service where your attention is the end goal to sell ads, the incentive is to get you to never pause, never take a break, never leave. It was exhausting. Here, it feels more relaxed.
I had to take a break from Instagram because of this. I used to enjoy scrolling through the reels and reading the comments. Sometimes there'd be some really funny chains, but lately they just got to be so rude and negative. I'd spend hours throughout the week and at the end of it just feel sad and empty. Lemmy's been a nice change because it's still small and feels more positive. I'm hoping that as Lemmy grows it doesn't lose that.