its still very very VERY much a work in progress and VERY early in development so god knows how long its gonna be til im done with it but hey, good things come to those who wait yeah?
especially on the indie web and certain social medias, you're basically surrounded by people who see no issue with these things because they dont wanna contribute to a "toxic environment". arguably tho, this just makes the environment even MORE toxic. from creeps like ponymagnets to transphobes like vivarism, "see something, say something" goes out the window in favor of internet wokeness points. it's ridiculous.
to be clear, i dont say "wokeness" in the way shitass conservatives use it. i just mean that in a LOT of cases people will shrug off dangerous behavior in favor of avoiding "drama" and seeming like the "bigger person". its only when the issue gets big enough and popular opinion shifts that people start to finally speak up because its seen as acceptable now, and thats performative.
this exact issue was the initial reason i stopped posting to instagram. i only went back for artists i follow that dont have newgrounds or furaffinity. isn't it fucking disturbing that social media is the main way most people keep up with their friends and the world and yet the companies that own them have done nothing to improve their moderation?? they'd rather put their efforts into making the platform itself worse
like i get it, people will always be mean on the internet, the only thing you can do about it is to ignore it. but when there are systems put in place to punish the people who DO act mean, but those systems dont work, you have to admit its fucking frustrating! we shouldnt have to tolerate bullying and bigotry running rampant bc IG's bots are fucking broken