@CodingItWrong as a tech person, FOSS stan and fedi enjoyer since before the xitter situation I'm seriously considering quitting after all this time. The crushing majority of the network is a hivemind circlejerk of the most frustrating kind, and even people I follow and respect get slowly radicalised by it.

For every valuable, interesting post there is at least one another that makes me lose faith in the very possibility of a reasonable society. People well meaning, but driven to dangerous mindlessness by the constant reassurance of a tightly sealed echo chamber. I can no longer honestly recommend it to friends and acquaintances. I've seen some bounce off, and it's a preferable alternative to what happened to some of those that stayed.

I'll try Bluesky. Apparently all bridges to fedi are blocked by exactly the kind of people I am so, so tired of seeing. It's a VC trap with a central authority, but maybe there I could at least go 5 posts in a row without seeing "AI" or "Nazis" in a post written not to bring anything to the discussion, but to echo the existing consensus.

You would be right about orgs and companies, except for the fact that all that they gain from being here is interaction with people who will find an issue with everything they do and post, and try gathering a crowd of drones to join their booing. There is only a small set of orgs that fit here, and an even smaller one of companies. For the rest it's a net loss of time, effort and possibly public image. Even the genuinely well meaning ones, I'm not talking about Nestlé. I've seen respected open source projects #cancelled and bullied just for using AI to help with coding. Not vibecoded slop, just having the audacity to admit to using a helpful tool.

I'm sorry for so much negativity, this post seems to be the straw that broke the camel's back for me.