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I think you're overanalyzing engagement on a platform that is too small to have consistency.
I also feel like, a random Republican state representative retweeting something racist is so unsurprising as to not require a comment
@Infynis@midwest.social, thanks for your comment.
It's hard not to draw certain conclusions when a Taylor Swift post will elicit five times the reaction as this reprehensible action. I do understand your (Infynis) and the general public's "desensitization" to the absurdity of American life of the 2000s; you can swallow only so much of the exponentially increasing madness.
That said, there are some things that will always cross that line. This is one of them. The apathy demonstrated here in regard to KKK-member-in-training, Catholic-prep-school-educated, elected official Josh Scrivner leads me to believe you (in the general) are OK with him.
Thanks for listening.
I'm angered, sure. But I don't think "racist politician shitposts" rises to the level of importance that I'd vote/comment on it. I try to avoid feeding into the outrage machine too much. But then, I prolly wouldn't have voted/commented on any of the other topics you mentioned, either. Most of the time I'm just a lurker, I'm part of the problem.
Regarding your second subject... you're not wrong lol
I try to avoid feeding into the outrage machine too much.
I get that. With all the free-floating clickbait, it's a lot of distractions to field. But I'm glad you found it important enough to comment here and now.
Up, up and away! 🦸♂️
There are a lot of posts that get downvoted because people don't like their content, not because the subject isn't of interest or isn't worth talking about. I would hesitate to read overly much into it. Hell, sometimes I get into the comments and forget to upvote the top post.
The engagement is key. Votes seem less-so to me. But I'd note that the engagement here is about your rant.
As to your second point, honestly I thought that before you even commented.
Again, I wasn't complaining about downvotes nor upvotes. I thought I was clear on that. I honestly don't care whether a post is upvoted or downvoted but it is one of the only ways, other than comments, that I can gauge what may be interesting to the community. My "problem" essentially was the participation level on a Taylor Swift post as opposed to a truly important topic.
Look, we in SE Michigan have an idiot racist who is posting pseudo-science racial theories that is acting as our State Representative and I sure as hell am not going to sit quiet about it. I thought more people would be of the same mind but, for whatever ~~excuses~~ reasons they may have, I could be wrong.
Unfortunately, Speaker Joe Tate does not wear a blue leotard under his suit. I mean, maybe he does but…just joking, Joe!!
