digital interaction

nuance. I've been on Twitter since 2007. And I love it! In recent years, I've met most of my friends and collaborators there. Hell, I've met most of the people I've dated through there.

But I can tell U one thing I don't like about Twitter: having conversations. Which is ironic, given that I love having conversations. Meaningful, deep conversations are one of my great joys in life.

"people are sacred, conversations are worship"

It's also ironic, given that Twitter is, in some ways, one of the best public forums out there. Most everybody has a Twitter account. 

But typically, I don't actually enjoy having conversations there. For me, the hallmark of a good Twitter conversation is that I want to take it off Twitter. I want to move into a more private setting, like the DM's, or a Zoom call, or ideally an in-person conversation. Those are all far better mediums than Twitter for a detailed, nuanced, meaningful conversation.

I think it's not so good for good conversations because it's in public. Anybody can butt in and express their opinion, or object. But I'm not interested in just anybody's opinions or objections. I want to have conversations with specific people.

On top of that, the fact that historically, there's been a character limit limits the degree of nuance that's possible. 

That's part of why I'm so excited by this platform, and the possibility of writing here. A platform explicitly built for nuance means that we have a hope of having the kinds of conversations I love having, am nourished by, in a digital setting. Like the golden ages of the phpBB forums of old, but in 2025.

So here's to UpTrust. I'm excited to see what I end up writing here. And I'm excited to see who resonates, and what kinds of conversations we can have together.

Like is different than trust. I think Jordan said at an uptrust session that he misses the like button. I’m having the same feeling lately, there are posts I like that I wouldn’t necessarily say I trust. Or I want to give it some sort of that was cool but I don’t want that statement in my trust algorithm.

But maybe that’s all for the best? Surely some not-insignificant portion of my trust isn’t in my conscious awareness, maybe feeling a sense of yes to something is functionally the same as trust.

More People Should Die. Elderly people should be able to legally choose to end their life when they’re ready. In fact, any adult should be legally allowed to choose to die. They should be able to invite people, be present for their memorial service, and have a medical professional end their life.

And we should be more present with death in society. People should be able to attend their loved ones’ cremations. Embalming should be illegal.

What kind of content do you like engaging with? I’m exploring and uptrusting and experimenting here.

Seems like some of us are into posting musings or frames we Believe In or are currently exploring. Some are treating the space like a Xanga or LiveJournal (which i love tbh). I’ve posted a practical question.

What kind of content are you enjoying? What do you want to engage with?