Writing this post about Bluesky/ATProto reminded me again just how widespread the idea is that criticism of "your own team" is seen as traitorous. It's such a wild clash with my personal belief that I need to be critical especially of "my team" because I want it to improve. Acting like it's flawless isn't an act of loyalty, it's irresponsible and closes the doors to better outcomes.
What's interesting about all the characters I've been making for myself is that they're basically a revisiting of my past. As a child, I wanted to be a bird. As a teen, a dragon. There was also a short wolf phase. Then fox.
Then I came up with my wyvern, recently Areon (wolf-ish), and now it's going to be a bird of some kind. The nice thing is that I don't feel I need to decide between them anymore. I can just embrace all of them because why the fuck not?
"average fedi user has 5 accounts" factoid actually just statistical error. average fedi user has 1.2 acounts. Volpeon, who has 1520 accounts, is an outlier adn should not have been counted"
There's a user on Bluesky who occasionally interacts with me. I find the way they run their account intriguing because they fully commit to role-playing their character. No posts about work or anything that breaks the illusion.
I never did that because it's very limiting, but part of me wonders how that would change things. :areonThink:
Volpeon Extra
@areon@icy.wyvern.rip