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Kichae

Kichae

Oh, this is one of those things I’ve been perpetually frustrated by around here. I think I’ve probably ranted at you about this in the past, even. The fact that all people seem to want out of these platforms is “Twitter, but more complicated” and “Reddit, but with more authoritarian communists” represents a deep failure of imagination.

I gave up a couple of years ago on convincing people that we’re using the wrong mental model for community building, but I really, really wish we had more websites-as-communities, like how forums were back in the day, and that the inter-website communication was the secondary feature. But people seem really stuck on the idea of a wildly less efficient simulacrum of centralized platforms for some reason.

Kichae

So, a couple of things to keep in mind:

ADHD and Autism are fairly closely related, and can have significant overlaps in how they present. Special interests, collections, and knowledge cultivation are not uncommon among people with either condition.
Repetitive gestures can be very small things – I rock gently, squish my toes, tap my feet, crack my knuckles, and rub my thumb along my fingertips , and I do all of these things without thinking about our noticing them. I wasn’t aware I did any of these things until others called me out on them.
Rituals are often incredibly informal, and amount to “I like schedules”, “I like plans”, or even “I have strong preferences”. What things are are very difficult to identify by yourself, because they are just everyday life to you. It’s not like OCD-style rituals.
The reasons why you have difficulty doing things matter in things like this. Do you find doing your taxes painfully boring? Do you find them overwhelming? And if so, is it because you have too much on your plate?
Sensory issues are a cornerstone of ASD diagnoses, and you don’t mention having any. If you were to explore that option, it would come up. The issues do not have to be in any way crippling – at least, not all of the time – but they need to be there.
Social impairment is another cornerstone, and remains central to the actual diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder, which you also don’t mention. This is the thing that usually most directly causes disordered lives (though the sensory issues can cause real impairments, too).

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Cass🇨🇦 Well, the breech probably happened because Google dropped all investment in it. So, it’s all sort of the same thing, I’m sure.

Kichae

theminions@lemmy.world The prone stuff also just seems unbelievable. Jabbing someone with your off-hand isn’t going to knock anyone over. It’s not a running body check against someone who isn’t bracing.

I see this all of the time in the PF2r subreddit. Everyone wants to know why it’s so hard to push enemies around or knock them over, as if they’re pro-wrestlers desperate to oversell for you for a paycheque, and not creatures who are opposing your attempts to do those things.

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Annelies Kamran, Ph.D. The funky treehhouse comes from trying to build distributed social media in a way that prioritizes the distributed element. Too much of the focus has been on emulating centralized systems, making the federation element seem like a meaningless and superfluous complication of something else the big platforms have seemingly figured out.

We need to make this a place that has a raison d’etra other than “we didn’t go to BlueSky” or “too edgy for Reddit”. That reason is smaller, more focused communities where you can actually talk to real, recognizable people, while also not missing out on the silly drama of the wider network.

Kichae

wendyz Reddit has a real problem with being built around oversized, hyperactive spaces, and sround tyrany of the majority thanks to their up/downvote mechanics. This resulte in a space where being early to a discussion and then dunking on someone or on some unpopular strawman gets you not just attention, but also a metacurrency that grants you access to more “discerning” spaces.

When communities become too big, thy just become voids to scream into, because no one is reading the comments. They’re just trying to get noticed. That turns them into deeply toxiv plates that turn on anyone trying to have an actual discussion about things.

Kichae

__Miguel_ Yes, their CEO’s behaviour has been a significant red flag, and I think we’re going to continue finding out that they’ve been lying for years as they’ve moved to comply in advance on this wave of anti-privacy bills being tossed around the world.

Kichae

affiliate@lemmy.world I have a masters degree in physics, and I just straight up don’t do mental math, and never have. Math is for pencils and notepads. And I love pencils and notepads!

Kichae

I haven’t actually run any APs, but I have Season of Ghosts and Wardens of Wildwood, which I’ve used to scavenge things from. Season of Ghosts, from what I’ve seen, is really quite good. Wildwood had less that I was interested in pilfering, but it seemed much better than people have said.

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