Lexu on Nostr: Some time earlier I made the following rather similar observations in the LESSONS ...
Some time earlier I made the following rather similar observations in the LESSONS LEARNED section of my about.txt file at https://manpager.org/usr/aa/about.txt
- If you are in a bad environment, change it.
- There's nothing like having friends. But assholes are not worth your time. Which ones you get largely depends on your environment. Seek better environment.
The story behind these is that I have for a long time considered the world to be a very dark place, full of awful people. Then I moved to Georgia, and in a few months began attending expat meetings. The people I've met are the most alive, curious and friendly out of all my acquaintances.
It was like that with social media. For a long time I couldn't quite understand the name -- most people on these websites seemed very *anti*-social to me. So far I did see a *little* bit of that on the #fediverse, however I've seen much *more* of people being friendly, and engaging in discussion.
I think in both cases a major difference is that I am coming from something I (and most other participants really) have been forced into, and getting into something else voluntarily. Another one is that perhaps things like the latter tend to attract better people than the previous.
- If you are in a bad environment, change it.
- There's nothing like having friends. But assholes are not worth your time. Which ones you get largely depends on your environment. Seek better environment.
The story behind these is that I have for a long time considered the world to be a very dark place, full of awful people. Then I moved to Georgia, and in a few months began attending expat meetings. The people I've met are the most alive, curious and friendly out of all my acquaintances.
It was like that with social media. For a long time I couldn't quite understand the name -- most people on these websites seemed very *anti*-social to me. So far I did see a *little* bit of that on the #fediverse, however I've seen much *more* of people being friendly, and engaging in discussion.
I think in both cases a major difference is that I am coming from something I (and most other participants really) have been forced into, and getting into something else voluntarily. Another one is that perhaps things like the latter tend to attract better people than the previous.