NEVER READ THE COMMENTS

[moonflower_rose]

I truly regret, at least four times a day, clicking on the comments in social media posts. I just made the mistake of looking at some on a pro-AO3 Tumblr post, and immediately felt drowned in exhaustion from the absolute wankery in the replies.

I remember the heyday of LiveJournal when I was living and breathing fandom and was so engaged, and often feel very nostalgic for those times. Maybe there was less wank then, or maybe I was just more able to ignore things I didn't like, but these days there seems to be so much negativity disguised as discourse and my old carcass can't handle it. It's the lurker life for me!

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[moonflower_rose]

I agree, when I've been too in my own head to be properly interactive, the scroll and like option has been good to keep connected, esp using the app. I've found it brilliant for finding and following artists! And I'm a bit of a sucker for animal accounts, I think that I probably reblog more funny cats than anything else which is either sad or quite nice? lol