i'm building a business and i am giving my food services to many people in gathering events for very cheap to nothing in exchange for simply spreading the word and giving out fliers for my food catering business, and i'm involved in local animal shelters and thrift stores as well as this place that gives away used furniture to families less able to afford it, and i can get tax deductions as a side befit by donating to these entities as well
As someone who was around Fidonet and later pre-web Internet, you are kinda living in my past dream world that was ruined when the internet went mainstream. You can not have a community online these days without a group of people that set and enforces the tone, I've been looking at the Internet communities and they all seems to have issues with being toxic. Also found someone that wrote a thesis about internet communities and autism, that did show it to be healthy for them, but there's a lot of broken people that is so used to everyone being assholes to them, they think the only way to act is to be assholes to others and if the community leaders doesn't lead with a better example this get really bad and that can ruin online communities to the point they are harmful. There is unfortunately a reason that governments and police exist, because we can't be civilized without them.
I hear you! I've had many positive interactions on Twitter etc but also seen the extreme argumentative natures and deliberate misinterpretations of others' intents that can come out, rather than trying to find common ground and explain differences in perspectives with respect. I find it very difficult in those instances and try to stay clear. I use Twitter (or is it now called X?!?) less and less. Sounds like a really interesting thesis!
Great episode. Community is so valuable. So much to learn about ourselves from one another.
I'm 60, I'm in a regular weekly zoom session with autistic community it is so important.
remind daily please thank you
Good morning ladies, from the beautiful Isle of Man🇮🇲
Oh, how lovely! Good morning :)
i'm building a business and i am giving my food services to many people in gathering events for very cheap to nothing in exchange for simply spreading the word and giving out fliers for my food catering business, and i'm involved in local animal shelters and thrift stores as well as this place that gives away used furniture to families less able to afford it, and i can get tax deductions as a side befit by donating to these entities as well
As someone who was around Fidonet and later pre-web Internet, you are kinda living in my past dream world that was ruined when the internet went mainstream.
You can not have a community online these days without a group of people that set and enforces the tone, I've been looking at the Internet communities and they all seems to have issues with being toxic.
Also found someone that wrote a thesis about internet communities and autism, that did show it to be healthy for them, but there's a lot of broken people that is so used to everyone being assholes to them, they think the only way to act is to be assholes to others and if the community leaders doesn't lead with a better example this get really bad and that can ruin online communities to the point they are harmful.
There is unfortunately a reason that governments and police exist, because we can't be civilized without them.
I hear you! I've had many positive interactions on Twitter etc but also seen the extreme argumentative natures and deliberate misinterpretations of others' intents that can come out, rather than trying to find common ground and explain differences in perspectives with respect. I find it very difficult in those instances and try to stay clear. I use Twitter (or is it now called X?!?) less and less.
Sounds like a really interesting thesis!