RE: Don't Read the Comments
Brid has shared his grief regarding comments on Don't read the comments. This is a feeling I share. On these big places: reddit, newspapers, YouTube, etc... comments are dominated by very strong passions. Where's the welcoming spirit, the friendship, the listening? Long, long one.
Long, I almost stopped from commenting. They don't serve the purpose I expected from them: to build something in common, to understand each other or even just to say thank you. As of lately, I too, struggle to find attach a display:none; to the comment blocks of most websites. (Note: it's doable, but it's a major chore)
On very small places, like this Bear blogging thing (but also Gemini or Gopher) the thing has always been to respond with your own post. It's nothing new, and it works, kinda (no built in way to know somebody has "replied" to your thing). But I think it only works for the nature of the community it was posted. Blogs, specially those of the not-for-profit and not-for-fame kind, aren't worth the time of an activist(*) or a marketer. And so, they are left for the rest of us.
Well, let's cherish on our small places, and keep doing our thing for as long as it works, at least.
So do your RE:My thing.
Note:
- (*) By the way, why do "online activism" feels opposite to "online kindness"? It shouldn't be.
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