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I'll admit that after a while the same old arguments of 'is this craft' or 'this isn't beer' just kind of wore me down and engaging in the community felt like a repetitive chore. I do still talk about beer, but usually in the context of the podcast or my articles. https://twitter.com/JTOinIndy/status/1334164894086782976
This also sort of goes into my feelings on how social media has kind of lost its touch. If I get deeply engaged in a conversation about beer it's normally in person or through DMs. This isn't something unique to beer. https://udoyourbest.wordpress.com/2020/01/10/reach-out-your-hands/
My added experience as a woman and as a lesbian made me feel that things were even more futile when pointing out flaws with the industry. There'd be an issue, a discussion, a LOT of retweets and likes, & then a month later it loops back all over again with no resolution. Insane.
I feel like a lot of people signed up on this thing as a sort of professional means to an end and in talks with some folks, they seem to be making more of a change in the industry by logging off and engaging on a more classic level.
Existence on here felt like a horrible cycle of arguments, rage, and goldfish memory. What was once a convention hall of a likeminded community turned into an arena of everyone screaming and now it seems to have settled into a kind of break room with a more relaxed approach.
And honestly, I'm here for it. The break room vibe tore down some of the two dimensional beer personalities on here and arguably this led us to forming more friendships. There's a lot more folks I'd like to meet for a beer here than there was five years ago.
Anyways, I guess I'll end this by saying I've been getting the impression that the professional folks who have been on twitter for a long time are either disengaging completely or waking up to a more relaxed mode of engagement not related to their initial purpose for joining.
And good lord, Robin from January had NO IDEA how right she would be.
