Even louder when you remember he probably gets paid a ton for this nonsense

The curse of The Smiling Man @zitron.bsky.social

Got you. I agree it's less “dopamine from posting” focused and it may be its hindrance when it comes to growth - although tbh for me it is an advantage

Drop a link if you stumble upon it again, sound v interesting

Already happening in the anglosphere - writers often post about how much bigger engagement they get here despite a much smaller following. I'm skeptical about Poland though, seems like people agreed to the “engagement for paying users only” deal

Problem z Juzkiem jest taki, że ostatecznie kończą mu się cudze pieniądze - Małgorzata Taczerowa

“Childcare” is something as incomprehensible to Trump as he is to us

If I didn't have negative amounts of free time for side projects, I’d study the hell out of what people do when they join a new social media platform. Ongoing migration to Bluesky is a perfect opportunity for a qualitative analysis of such social practices

There's a long tradition of studying “turns” in sociology (eg Bachmann-Medick’s “Cultural Turns”) and they're usually explained as waves following each other, moving in a similar direction, but having their distinct contexts, leading authors, and foundational texts. A turn is never a one-time event

In my mind, it got replaced by another stereotype: that someone speaking with a thick accent but confidently and using perfect grammar is probably an expert in their field