I should edit my comment and add “post rage bait”.
You’re absolutely right. I’d describe myself similarly to you. I even created a local community here for my city. But it feels like I’m speaking quietly on top of a mountain while the nearest person is a time zone away. Perhaps a handful of people would stop by and subscribe to the content but this isn’t about subscribing - it’s about engaging. Communities are about exchanging ideas. Posting something that compels people to engage is one way to increase activity. As more people notice the community, they’ll be more likely to engage when there’s enough noise around that doesn’t single them out too much.
The major social platforms know this. This is why they promote trash over quality information. This is why I get frustrated on Instagram because it continues to show me posts from two or three days ago notifying me that I missed an exciting event.
You can post all the great informative content you want on your little corner of the fediverse but without engagement, is it really there?
LOL This is just hilarious to be mentioned now.
The night he was elected, I said to my friends that I was looking forward to the onslaught of protest music like we hadn’t heard since the 60s. I’ve brought this up multiple times over the years and, as you’ll find in this thread, have only come across a sparse handful of songs. You have a very real point that’s going to be minimized by those attempting to prove you wrong with the mention of a single song.
I wasn’t around in the 60s but my impression, gathered from popular music at the time, was that a lot of people were anti-government, certainly anti-war. Music was largely how a generation of young people expressed themselves and the future of mankind will remember them. Today, they do so in fleeting moments on social media.
If you’re following me down this rabbit hole, consider that we’re living in a time that will be forgotten in the not too distant future. We all have the power to record and document our lives and feelings but no one is really listening.
Given that TikTok is our Woodstock, who’s documenting all this? People are protesting out there but who’s listening? People are making music but who’s brave enough to promote it? When the polarization of our politics is distilled down to the meme of the hour, who even remembers what happened two weeks ago?