Something I've been chewing on for a while.
Remember how instant messenger programs used to have "status"? You could specify if you were Available, Busy, AFK, or even mark yourself as Invisible (online, but appear as offline to others). Some even had a "Feeling Chatty" status!
I miss that, and I feel frustrated that tech companies took that away from us in order to create this illusion that everyone is "always online".
Something I really enjoyed about that era was how easy it was to see who was around, so we could strike up fairly real-time conversations. Now it feels like async is the expectation at all times, and it makes the internet feel, for me, lonelier.
I often just want to chat with a friend, but it's a total guess re: who is actually around, and it's not socially acceptable to just call someone up on the phone to chat any more, like in the 90s and 00s. 😮💨
Kira, trans foxgirl 🦊 /
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