Well put. Often a single well said response will make OP come across better than endless arguing too. So if they want to change other's minds, staying above the fray is the way to go.
The big reason this shifted was because of how detailed modern AAA environment are. The environments are now richly detailed, which makes it confusing since interactivity hasn't kept pace with visuals. This required more heavy handed guidance like yellow paint, or interaction prompts on objects.
I think classic WoW is an interesting thing to study in comparison. It doesn't even tell you what's interactive at a glance, but it's clear because there are so few objects in each area.
I moved from a city with great authentic Chinese food to a town with barely any even non-authentic Chinese food. This post is giving me withdrawals 😩 I miss it so much.
I think you're right, but it's also true that it's much easier to find the bad stuff. News in general reports bad news much much more frequently than good news, even though good news is happening too.
There's a newsletter I subscribe to called Fix the News that only reports good news, and it's kind of startling how major some of the stuff on there is each edition, things I don't hear about at all outside of it.
So I think you're right that people should try and seek out better stuff, but also I have a lot of empathy for not doing so because the machine wants us to be sad and hopeless, and you really have to try to avoid that trap.
I think it's a reaction to feelings of powerlessness and frustration at the world. Social media is an easy way to get that energy out, even if it's a very toxic way of doing it.
Major issues and inequality aren't new, but our ability to get a 24/7 fire hose of info about it is. I don't think anyone's figured out how to healthily handle it yet. Consuming it all the time destroys our mental, but hiding under a rock isn't great either I feel. I've been struggling to find that balance more and more these days.
I feel this. I've been feeling like I'm getting less and less enjoyment out of my time here. It's hard to even think of another place to go though. Like you said every platform is a mess these days in one way or another it seems like.
I basically feel the same. Not sure if it's just a side effect of how scary things are in the world right now, but I feel like the amount of escapist content has dropped a lot lately. By escapist I mean enjoyable things that aren't focused on the real issues of the day. We all need that kind of thing to stay sane, and it's in shorter and shorter supply on here I find.
The amount of politics leaking into every sub is also increasing rapidly it feels like. I block accounts that only ever post doom scroll content, but some of the bigger meme/entertainment posters have also started to mix in more politics and doom scroll lately.
I'd love to see more regular people on here with diverse interests, but I imagine it's not going to increase due to the prevailing types of posts these days. I've honestly considered stepping away from here myself, but I don't have another place in mind to go to yet.
Thank you!
Edit: is this the right flash card app?