Topix Underground

X is stupid, Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube.... they're all fckng stupid. It's the same shit on all of them. Maybe 1% is factual, useful or relevant and the rest is just ai-generated click-baiting bullshit. Everyone thinks they're an "influencer".  To me, this is the moral and practical equivalant of writing on the wall of a public restroom.

No one gives a shit what I think; I don't even care, not really. None of it matters. It doesn't matter who the President or Governor is. i'm going to have the same set of bills I have been playing whack-a-mole with for my entire life. I'm sure they'll keep coming for months before anyone notices I'm dead too. Shit like this is an echo chamber, it helps all of us organize our thoughts - probably more effectively than a shrink or psychologist because it's free and it's not dressed-up like it's based on science. "Psychology" has less credibility than religion.

Plus I suppose if you are  elderly, infirm or otherwise isolated, this is a positive social outlet. This is different though than those other services that are largely performative and based on garnering attention for various reasons - including huge financial incentive.
Even old Topix ended up being bullshit. It became more or less impossible to have a normal conversation on any thread because of the trolling and banning and all that. That ruined it.

Now you can't rely on anything as being authentic because of ai....no photo, no news story, no video