I’m glad they were around because they were singlehandedly posting an obscene amount which really helped lemmy not feel like a ghost town back then.
But, they clearly had mental health issues. No healthy person would post whatever he was doing… probably 1000 posts a day (did the math: 100 posts avg per day. One post every 14 minutes for 2 years straight). Considering HOW unwell they were, they were relatively good natured. But you could see thier worldview was rooted in pretty serious personal issues.
They were tedious, and frustrating, condescending, and a know it all. Absolutely couldn’t admit they were wrong… not even admit that weren’t perfectly right. But… they weren’t ok.
I was glad when they disappeared, but mostly because I was really hoping they had been intervention-d by loved ones. To go cold turkey one day must have been BRUTAL for them.
All in all I think he was the right person at the right time. Thier faults actually DROVE engagement, which was important for a blossoming platform. I don’t think anything they said or did was out of malice.
A complicated person. I really hope they’re doing better.
There is such a tiny proportion of users that actually interact with social media by posting, commenting etc, but a large proportion of them are completely nuts, myself included
I’m glad they were around because they were singlehandedly posting an obscene amount which really helped lemmy not feel like a ghost town back then.
But, they clearly had mental health issues. No healthy person would post whatever he was doing… probably
1000 posts a day(did the math: 100 posts avg per day. One post every 14 minutes for 2 years straight). Considering HOW unwell they were, they were relatively good natured. But you could see thier worldview was rooted in pretty serious personal issues.They were tedious, and frustrating, condescending, and a know it all. Absolutely couldn’t admit they were wrong… not even admit that weren’t perfectly right. But… they weren’t ok.
I was glad when they disappeared, but mostly because I was really hoping they had been intervention-d by loved ones. To go cold turkey one day must have been BRUTAL for them.
All in all I think he was the right person at the right time. Thier faults actually DROVE engagement, which was important for a blossoming platform. I don’t think anything they said or did was out of malice.
A complicated person. I really hope they’re doing better.
What I took away from this: social media platforms apparently feed, cause, and thrive from metal health pathologies.
There is such a tiny proportion of users that actually interact with social media by posting, commenting etc, but a large proportion of them are completely nuts, myself included
They moved to the UK because his daughter is trans and didn’t want to raise her in the US. Soon after moving, he disappeared.
My head cannon is he found peace out there and didn’t feel obligated to post nonstop
As I recall she’s a lesbian, not trans.
damn that is a great eulogy