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pi.fyi: a small, vibrant neighborhood filled with laid back people who acknowledge each other's presence and interact with one another tumblr: a cold, deserted town where the very few people remaining avoid eye contact or stay in their houses instagram: a big, gentrified, densely populated city full of billboards and noise pollution

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Twitter: cyberpunk free market fascist hellscape. shady vendors whisper at you as you walk down neon streets as military drones scan from above
5d ago
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@EATGRAEPS full on dystopian. and everyone on the streets is cosplaying either a priest or a court jester. hate that place, i left it in 2015 and never look back
5d ago
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@EATGRAEPS I kinda love this so accurate except it’s actually a lot lamer
4d ago
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@EATGRAEPS honestly the whole cyberpunk cityscape thing is kinda lame on its own ignoring the blade runner franchise so it tracks hahaha
4d ago
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instagram is like if a fancy glorified strip mall in California with a Cava was built next to an nyu dorm and theres so much fucking noise
5d ago
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@COWGIRLJESUS that's so specific, but i felt that (even tho i don't live in the US)
5d ago
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Emphasis on full of billboards for Instagram. Billboards, huge flashing LED signs, the works.
5d ago
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@SAYLOR exactly
5d ago
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i def disagree with the tumblr characterization, it’s more like a weird convention or maybe a high school d&d club full of nerds. it’s still pretty active if you know where to look, but they mostly keep to themselves
5d ago
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@PAPERPENDRAGON agree to disagree. as much as i love tumblr, it just feels sad and empty to me now, because most of my mutuals are inactive. but it's true, people seem keep to themselves more there
5d ago
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@PAPERPENDRAGON (can't edit my previous comment, had to add) i totally get the convention / high school d&d club comparison, but that's only a niche part of tumblr that co-exists with other niches. there are tumblrs that feel more like an art gallery, a vintage shop, a movie theater, etc. that's why i compare it to a town. it's more than just a convention or a high school club.
5d ago

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