A metacomment,, not about this subject but more general. Not sure where else to post it.
Steve, I perceive this substack as in part a kind of space for you to come back to when you need to recharge, when you need to rotate off the front lines and spend some time in a community which on the whole "gets it", where sanity is prevalent. It'…
A metacomment,, not about this subject but more general. Not sure where else to post it.
Steve, I perceive this substack as in part a kind of space for you to come back to when you need to recharge, when you need to rotate off the front lines and spend some time in a community which on the whole "gets it", where sanity is prevalent. It's not a simple echo chamber; you may also get challenged or questioned - but mostly in a rational and thoughtful way, not for virtue points. You quote some wacko interactions, and it must be sometimes exhausting to keep politely engaging in other spaces (mainly on Medium?).
If so, I am glad to provide that kind of support. "Thank you for your service" out there, and I'm glad if I can help assure your unconscious that yes, objective reality is still a thing, despite rumors of its death.
And I use it that way as well. An oasis of thoughtfulness amidst a culture which seems to be losing it's collective mind in many ways. It's not just "these people think the same way I do so I'm comfortable here" (tho I cannot honestly deny that there is any element of that), but also that "these people THINK so I'm engaged and less frustrated here". I feel heard, and I learn from listening to others here.
You've attracted a small but very interesting group to this substack. Thank you for that too.
"I perceive this substack as in part a kind of space for you to come back to when you need to recharge, when you need to rotate off the front lines and spend some time in a community which on the whole "gets it", where sanity is prevalent."
Hey there! Yeah, this isn't too far off the mark. I created this place as a space for honest, unrestricted conversation. There's a widespread belief in online spaces that people can't be trusted to express their ideas honestly *and* compassionately. And worse, that anybody who is exposed to an imperfectly phrased sentence will be "harmed." So this place is a really gratifying refutation of that idea. And, I think, proof that when people are allowed to speak freely, they're more likely to do so politely.
I think a good percentage of the nastiness we see online is caused by people who either find themselves in an environment where nastiness is the norm/rewarded, or by people who want to say what they're thinking, but are frustrated because they feel unable to do so. So they overcorrect and say something meaner and more simplistic than what's actually on their mind.
Not quite sure how to do something like this at scale yet, but I'm working on it😁
A metacomment,, not about this subject but more general. Not sure where else to post it.
Steve, I perceive this substack as in part a kind of space for you to come back to when you need to recharge, when you need to rotate off the front lines and spend some time in a community which on the whole "gets it", where sanity is prevalent. It's not a simple echo chamber; you may also get challenged or questioned - but mostly in a rational and thoughtful way, not for virtue points. You quote some wacko interactions, and it must be sometimes exhausting to keep politely engaging in other spaces (mainly on Medium?).
If so, I am glad to provide that kind of support. "Thank you for your service" out there, and I'm glad if I can help assure your unconscious that yes, objective reality is still a thing, despite rumors of its death.
And I use it that way as well. An oasis of thoughtfulness amidst a culture which seems to be losing it's collective mind in many ways. It's not just "these people think the same way I do so I'm comfortable here" (tho I cannot honestly deny that there is any element of that), but also that "these people THINK so I'm engaged and less frustrated here". I feel heard, and I learn from listening to others here.
You've attracted a small but very interesting group to this substack. Thank you for that too.
"I perceive this substack as in part a kind of space for you to come back to when you need to recharge, when you need to rotate off the front lines and spend some time in a community which on the whole "gets it", where sanity is prevalent."
Hey there! Yeah, this isn't too far off the mark. I created this place as a space for honest, unrestricted conversation. There's a widespread belief in online spaces that people can't be trusted to express their ideas honestly *and* compassionately. And worse, that anybody who is exposed to an imperfectly phrased sentence will be "harmed." So this place is a really gratifying refutation of that idea. And, I think, proof that when people are allowed to speak freely, they're more likely to do so politely.
I think a good percentage of the nastiness we see online is caused by people who either find themselves in an environment where nastiness is the norm/rewarded, or by people who want to say what they're thinking, but are frustrated because they feel unable to do so. So they overcorrect and say something meaner and more simplistic than what's actually on their mind.
Not quite sure how to do something like this at scale yet, but I'm working on it😁