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  • Ewen Bell 📸ewen@social.ewenbell.com
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:30 PM
    A friend of mine just sent me a screenshot of something she saw on Threads.

    Now I'm very worried to discover that I have friends spending time on Threads.
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  • Ewen Bell 📸ewen@social.ewenbell.com
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:45 PM
    I should share the screenshot too. It's relevant to my life at this moment. You can find the original poster on Threads of you want to. They're named in the screenshot.
    Mallory Thomas is an author of romance fiction. She's taking about the way publishers work hard to sign up authors, only to treat them like trash once the book is heading for shelves. Unless you're top tier of course. And yes, there are tiers. Some of us can't see the tiers for the tears.
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  • Ewen Bell 📸ewen@social.ewenbell.com
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:41 PM
    @cyberquixote

    My mental health on Twitter was really not great. Stepping away from the anger and constant need to be triggered was good for me.

    I've had to mute a lot of topics on here. And mute a lot of people I otherwise would like to chat with. People who repost spammy memes by accounts that just copy other people's work. Or steal photos. That's a big one for me, as a photographer. Or just fill my feed with negativity.

    The Fediverse does better at allowing us to take control of our mental health environment. It's a little more empowering for the individual. And the reward has been discovering so many people here who are kind, thoughtful, talented, intentional... And also struggling with the same shit that I'm struggling with each and every day.
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  • David Todd McCartydtm@mastodon.cc
    Oct 17, 2026, 9:33 PM

    @ewen Almost no one I know IRL is on here. Almost everyone I know is still just using Meta, X, or Bluesky. It’s astounding.

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