It was a nuisance, with a high failure rate. Recording to tape was kind of fun. Optical not as much.

“Put them in camps before they put us in camps” is probably the tactically smart if ethically questionable answer.

This is dark and funny at the same time. Bots, shouting into the void, in order to separate suckers from their advertising dollars.

He’s better off. Reddit is a steaming pile and mods don’t get paid.

I wish I had kept a journal in my youth. I’m personally too private to post a blog. But I agree with the main points of this. Creative writing can be a source of joy and engagement; it’s own reward. It doesn’t have to be a best seller or literary masterpiece to be worth it. I had a great time writing a book for fun. Other than two friends I shared it with, it will never again see the light of day. But it was a wonderful experience working on it.

I have multiple lemmy accounts, which kind of dilutes my efforts, maybe. I do try to post comments (and occasional new content). I think reddit beat me into a state of lurking and being afraid to participate very much, because a large percentage of redditors are know-it-all jerks just waiting to pounce on you for almost any reason.

Honestly since leaving reddit for lemmy, I’m also kind of enjoying not doom scrolling so much. I do like to stay on top of things like tech news, politics, sports, entertaininment, etc, and reddit was always my go-to for that stuff. So it’s a mixed bag…I don’t miss the jerks, I don’t want to be addicted, but I do want to help lemmy thrive. It seems much nicer here (so far).