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Post #291111

2025-10-06 00:46 UTC

Today I saw someone toot, in dismay, people are posting their everyday life to Mastodon when they could simply buy a diary for $1.99. I can't stop thinking about this. What if this is all they have? What if they're isolated with or without people in their life? What if the only kind word they hear this week is, "That's cool"? I say, post your mundane. Post anything you want. While being silenced everywhere else, don't be silent here.

Replies (21)

  • @fatsam@mstdn.social 2025-10-06 01:06

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social Jesus Christ, let people enjoy themselves. No one has to read the trivia of your life if they don't want to. But plenty of people get socialization they would not have otherwise. I write about myself. Absolutely no intention to stop either.

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  • @VE2UWY@mastodon.radio 2025-10-06 01:34

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social If that person thinks like that, social media may not be right for them (they should have asked their doctor). If someone wanted to use it as their diary ... why would I or anyone else care?

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  • @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social 2025-10-06 01:34

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social When social media was invented it was about keeping up with family and making new friends. Then people started promoting stuff they use to make a living and businesses started requiring that they and any of their "personalities" have a presence online. And they started LARPing their official personalities to sell TV shows, magazines, books. People who came of age in that era forgot that there was a reason average people wanted to write. To be heard, to be seen, to see others.

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  • @LilPecan@mastodon.social Oh no! How dare someone use their own little bit of social media as though it's their own little bit of social media! I hope that tooter's socks make gagging noises as they put them on.

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  • @wcbdata@vis.social 2025-10-06 01:43

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social Wow. Sounds like they're stuck in 2007. 🙄

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  • @Alison@beige.party 2025-10-06 01:49

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social SM is 95% of my contact.

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  • @jrdepriest@infosec.exchange 2025-10-06 01:52

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social I try to respond to those when I can. Goddess knows I've needed that little bump in knowing I still live, that I exist, that I matter. The world is shitty and a little kindness goes a long way.

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  • @LilPecan@mastodon.social Me Me youre talking about shut in loonies like me! Thank you for your attention to this weird person.

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  • @KanaMauna@sauropods.win 2025-10-06 01:57

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social I never understood people who complain like this. There is no algorithm, somehow you chose to be in this timeline. You fix the problem.

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  • @LilPecan@mastodon.social Personally, I enjoy those kinds of posts, it’s a welcome relief to the “all politics all the time” stuff elsewhere like on BlueSky. Posting about hobbies and such really sets this place apart

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  • @oddhack@mstdn.social 2025-10-06 02:01

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social they're going to be really disappointed when they learn about the online replay loop of Samuel Pepys' Diary.

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  • @LilPecan@mastodon.social @xris@ecoevo.social What if some of us are so mundane that we actually like to hear it?

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  • @lisamelton@mastodon.social 2025-10-06 02:17

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social This. 💯

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  • @Phegan@mstdn.social 2025-10-06 02:17

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social there is a certain level of entitlement that you need to be mad about how other people use platforms like this. Especially mastodon where you can simply block or filter them if you don't want to see their daily updates. Let people live and post how they want, if they don't like it the responsibility is on them to hide it, not others to self edit for their tastes.

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  • @TheEddieShow@beige.party 2025-10-06 02:18

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social You've described my experience.

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  • @lynneverson@masto.ai 2025-10-06 02:18

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social right on! Some of my favorite follows are people who post about their plans or how their day went. I always admire their productivity (or relaxation!) and it does create a sense of community. Keep the daily diary posts coming!

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  • @bruce@darkmoon.social 2025-10-06 02:24

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social Also, the mute button is free. If someone doesn't want to hear about someone else's daily minutia, they have options other than complaining about it.

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  • @not2b@sfba.social 2025-10-06 02:30

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social Mastodon scolds are the worst. You can't please them.

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  • @LilPecan@mastodon.social Hard agree! People can post what they like and if if someone out there doesn't want to read it they can simply *not*! It's so low-effort! the haters baffle me because they put so much effort into doing it wrong. I figure that "journaling the mundane" is going to save future historians from many mysteries such as "Where the heck was Punt?" :)

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  • @LilPecan@mastodon.social the hell, I have a diary too, but I'm not sure it has the tolerance level for trauma dumping that fedi has ;)

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  • @buffyleigh@mas.to 2025-10-06 02:46

    @LilPecan@mastodon.social This! Also, a diary for $1.99? In this economy?!

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