Jun 15, 2026, 2:51 PMDid anyone else read this article on taste?
I think spending time here and not on meta etc is both evidence of taste AND a protector of taste.
Amidst it all I still have very strong tastes in music, dress, food, books...
I want to be insulated from the worst aspects of AI while still being sociable online and Fedi works. It feels interesting, organic & far from stagnant here - which is vital as taste defines how you spend your life's time (within material confines).
Jun 15, 2026, 2:56 PMAdmittedly I have bought a water bottle and a bunch of books, listened to some cool Indie music, gotten more into fungi/moss and watched waaaay to much Star Trek thanks to Fedi...
BUT none of that was from a water bottle algorithm or a mossfluencer.
[Star Trek though - some of you are as close to a Trek influencer as I will ever meet 😅 ]
@tansy I did! I thought bits of it might have rung true for 1980’s teenage me. As I’ve got older I’ve paid less attention to fashion, and more attention to things I like, whether food and drink, clothing or music.
And like you, I enjoy the lack of algorithmic adverts and “trends” in Mastodon. Which is why I post more here than BluSky, even though most of my old Northern Irish twitter bubble moved there.