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mike susz

@mikesusz

i'm starting to understand why i haven't posted on Mastadon yet.

there were multiple barriers. the 1st: the collapse of twitter's moral compass led me to consider why i use social media & what i hope to learn, hope to consume, hope to contribute.

the 2nd was the mechanism. for me, twitter has been tweetbot. full stop. now, ivory is here.

but the 3rd part is the toughest. audience expectation. i joined an instance that, i'm quite humbled to be a part of. i do not feel like i belong here.

Jan 28, 2023, 1:02 AM

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mike susz

@mikesusz

i am not a front end thought leader. i am not even technically a front end practitioner. i am a cog in a machine that meets enterprise KPIs.

everything i have loved about my job and this industry seems the purview of 'others' now.

and while, i hope that my viewpoint is still relevant, the fact that i've been making 'homepages' since before a lot of y'all were born, really doesn't help the larger conversation much.

so.

Jan 28, 2023, 1:08 AM

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mike susz

@mikesusz

i suppose i'm not sharing whatever i can contribute until i understand where it's appropriate and relevant.

the details of my current job would bore you all to tears, and there's not a lot of relevance to front-end development here.

the other aspects of my life that i can share might be valuable for other topics, or for humor and human connection. but i feel ingenuous posting about anything other than front-end from front-end.social.

Jan 28, 2023, 1:11 AM

mike susz

@mikesusz

basically i have to figure out where a silly (hopefully) funny dad guy who is adjacent to making websites shares the quips and takes and snippets that bounce around in my head like Pong. and where and to whom that feels appropriate.

Jan 28, 2023, 1:12 AM

mike susz

@mikesusz

anyway, i guess that's it. i finally posted in Mastadon. hi.

i may switch to another instance. i may just post more here and say the-heck-with-it. or frankly i may lurk again.

i need to figure out where and what i can contribute that is relevant, useful, or interesting. and if i don't meet any of those criteria, i won't.

Jan 28, 2023, 1:17 AM

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