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20250816125905 | August 16, 2025
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5.a It's Hard to Be Vulnerable in Public
I think that this is a big part of why "5.a1 Posting ennui is the new normal" is a thing. It's hard to be a pubkic figure, and because 6. The internet is insane it drives that to an extreme.
I think that it ends up leaving those of us who use 6.a The (anti)social internet regularly feeling like we are simultaneously on stage, and lost in the crowd; it's pointless to post because everyone else is posting, and embarrassing to post because everyone else is watching. It's like a panopticon or something