I am very opposed to other social media platforms. I try not to bang the drum too much - it's boring and negative and I believe in advocating the positives of Fedi rather than going on about everyone on twitter being a piece of shit or whatever. We all know they are. However there are many people on other platforms that I personally don't agree with, but who aren't caught up in their brains in the constant culture wars. Some people just want to go on Bluesky or TikTok or whatever and don't really care about who owns it or why. They just want cats and the funnies. I'm not here to shame those people. However I do get a bit cross about Instagram and Meta generally. In the piece of shit stakes, those companies and the people involved are intrinsically not good. Which is why it is so very frustrating that they are so good at monetising content that people want to engage with. For example a couple I've just found out about who spent all of their time and money converting an old school bus into a travelling paradise and now just bum around the world, funding their beautiful lifestyle through clicks and likes. Why. Why must it be that way. I want to follow their journey. Their hydroponic garden and pet jumping spider. I want them to live their glorious lives. But it cannot be separated from the machine that ruins lives and indeed our beautiful planet. It is very unfair. Do you know what the real issue is? Same as ever it's fuckn capitalism. In my utopia we shall all have a converted school bus with a wood-burning stove and a bath and a gaming station and 10-feet of kitchen counter top and a sexy wife and two dogs and an electronic awning.