Fediverse
General purpose social media will be considered the greatest mistake of the early 21st century. Go back to topic-oriented discussion boards.<p>When you have no common topic around which to organize, then people have to search each other&#x27;s personalities for commonality. And in doing so, they stratify along political lines. This isn&#x27;t enough, so then they micro-stratify into various, rabid subgroups within those political wings.<p>But when you have the only message board dedicated to an obscure brand of motorcycle from the 1940s (or whatever, IDK), then you&#x27;re stuck with those people. You&#x27;re stuck with either having to learn to get along or lose out on your favorite thing.<p>Go back to topic-oriented message boards. You don&#x27;t need identity continuity between all the message boards you are membered in. That serves the corporate surveillance state more than it serves you. You don&#x27;t need people on Board A to see what you&#x27;re doing on Board B. If it&#x27;s important and relevant, you can tell them. You dn&#x27;t need to be friended with all your aunts and cousins and ex boyfriends. That shit is weird, family is for seeing at Thanksgiving to remember why you hate them and then go back to being happy for the rest of the year.<p>Go back to topic-oriented message boards.