Followed a bunch of (mostly new) people.
Realized that the thing that stopped me from using the birdsite - constant negativity and drama and people dunking on each others tribes - was starting to happen here too and making the site less appealing to me.
Went ahead and unfollowed every single person that was making my feed unpleasant, whether by themselves or by boosts.
I'd rather have a feed that has no updates in an hour, than one that has fifty updates and half of them bad for my #mentalhealth.
People's #introductions be like: I love nature and biking and the potential for world peace.
And their actual posts be like: HATE HATE YOU'RE WRONG HE'S WRONG EVERYONE'S WRONG UNLESS THEY AGREE WITH ME 100% AND THEY OUGHT TO BE TOLD THAT EVERY DAY
(Sorry for contributing to that kind of vibe myself with this, I usually put this kind of stuff under a CW - if I post them at all - but things just got overwhelming for a moment.
Also, this is not to dunk on birdsite escapees in general, a lot of y'all are lovely and post interesting stuff. And the fediverse isn't immune to such people, I've just avoided following them in the first place - but that's hard to do with new people when there's only the profile and an introduction to go by.)
@trinsec
True. I used to think like "if 80% of someone's posts are good, I should follow them", and I had some FOMO (fear of missing out) if I didn't. But nowadays I've realized it should be more like "if more than 5% of someone's posts are negative and unconstructive, it's not worth following them".
@digital_carver Ayup. FOMO is a bitch to deal with, but it's something that humanity really needs to learn to deal with imo. You're hardly the only one having this. Methinks Social Media and all those hypes just make this worse.
@digital_carver Don't feel too bad. Just follow whoever you like, you're not required to follow anyone. If someone's havinga bad effect on you, just unfollow. Your mental health is more important.