Mark John Smith 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

dogpile of like-minded, irrational irritated people?

I know I can't prove this, but it feels like it's what's actually happening??

negatively engages with posts.
Let's just call that a 'bully' tag.

What if, as a punishment for users like you, YouTube only shows your posts to these 'bully' tagged users? I feel like that would explain why more often than not trying to engage in what should be a civil discussion turns into a

Your account has some kind of invisible label on it which is used to suppress your reach. This has been observed for years by a lot of content creators and is basically just an unconfirmed fact at this point.

Ok but here's my theory. The platform has another label type for somebody who exclusively

I have a theory about comment sections on YouTube (that probably extends to other platforms)

So we know about shadow profiles right? Ok so say you're a user that regularly posts about sensitive topics without censoring yourself, and you begin to notice a dramatic drop in post engagement.

I finally made enough space to download #Trickcal: Chibi Go, but then it told me it needs to download another 4GB 🙃 looks like I won't be playing it after all

by the goddesses in the great flood era, who broke it after Gannondorf returned

Thanks for the insight, I had no idea how much lore was fleshed out about this. It's interesting that the goddesses flooded the land based on prayers alone (and wasn't just a metaphor), also the part with the king (according to the fandom wiki) is that he was actually alive in TWW, placed in a seal

I've been thinking more on Zelda in Ocarina of Time and am wondering if the King in the Wind Waker is her dad..? I also think he might be immortal, and he has used the Triforce more than once to make wishes (flooding the land? Becoming immortal? As only he and Gannondorf remain)

I'm coming to realise that there's so much compromised story in this game… Zelda was originally going to have more screen time with Link, Navi was meant to have feelings for Link, I think there was also something about Nabooru cut out too?

for herself. Link was lucky and got to skip seven years, but Zelda didn't. She lived through them and came to realise the mistakes she made and the damage it caused her land.

Shiek is a character full of regret, but they are subtly hinting at the player to not give up like they have. And it also serves as foreshadowing! At the end after Shiek reveals they are Zelda, Zelda gives Link back his lost time, she gives Link a second chance at life knowing she cannot do the same

I already typed this anyway, so here's my thoughts:

Video game realisation:
In The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Shiek always has something profound to tell the player. They talk as if life is cyclical, *yet* meaningful. They also talk as if that meaning has been stripped from their own life.

I need sleep, but because I'm in that twilighty kinda mindset I was able to realise something I didn't notice before about #TheLegendOfZelda #OcarinaOfTime and it involves Shiek's character. (BlueSky won't let me upload images again)

NikNak flavours rated:
Cream 'n' cheesy: 9/10
Rib 'n' Saucy: 8/10
Scampi 'n' lemon: 6/10
Nice 'n' spicy: 3/10
Tangy 'n' cheesy: 2/10

NikNaks have a new flavour! It's called 'Tangy 'n' cheesy' and it got me excited thinking it might taste like their long retired 'Cream 'n' cheesy' flavour. It in fact does not 🙂 this tastes like salt, vinegar, sourness and cheese 🙃

Ffs guys just bring back that old flavour!!

calls right now and to try again later. The call then disconnects!

NHS, for fucks sake!!!

So I go back to the first number (which is an answering machine btw even though the person says they work at this time). Nope, the message clearly says to cancel I call the other number so I call back and wait to be put in a queue. I'm told by an automated response that there's a high volume of

I need to cancel an NHS appointment and rearrange it for another day.

This can't be done online, it has to be by telephone and it has to be the number given to you in the letter. I call it, and am told to ring another number, so I do and am told to ring the first number.

By ⭐'d posts, I meant favourite'd. But also bookmarks. Twitter Blue let's you do this? Ugh it just feels like nobody really knows how to make a social media website so they just look to what's already successful.

It's like copying the guy that designed the bicycle, but nobody wanted to invent tyres

always upload, there's an influx of bots now so what is the point? Profiles have the same bland cookie cutter design you see everywhere…

I dunno, I just expected more? More freedom but instead it's just another corporate looking website.

I miss backgrounds on Twitter, I want to organise ⭐'d posts

BlueSky doesn't feel like the replacement it's meant to be? It doesn't connect to every decentralised social media service iirc (eg, Pawoo), you can't see people's likes, you need to verify your age to view NSFW content (plus it gets banned a lot anyway) not everybody is here, photos don't

I'm doing that thing again where I'll tweet but not post it here, and it's partially because I don't always have my phone on me, but partially because I can't be bothered to deal with an app that doesn't always let me share pictures, and also I don't really like BlueSky that much?

A picture of Monika from Doki Doki Literature Club with a textbox that reads: Monika "Did you know? On the 2nd of October 2025 YouTube rolled out a new UI?"

Here's a cool idea: A mod for #DokiDokiLiteratureClub where Monika runs the player through a bunch of helpful privacy measures, like downloading Windows LTSB, how to block ad services, Chrome Plugins like ScriptBlock etc, and she informs you of recent tech/privacy news

This is a post from 2021

The irony with my struggle right now is that the message I wrote that started all of this emphasises the very thing that is happening to me while talking about it.

Technology isn't advancing anymore, it's regressing. We're going backwards and being silenced if we talk about it

I'm being censored here, as when I post the appropriate alt text with the image, SUDDENLY there's an error with the image. But if I post 'test' it magically works!! And on Twitter, something is triggering their censors too making it impossible to post the tweet. Why??

I'm being censored, and I don't even understand why

Test

I'm sorry to alt text users

Bluesky still broken

Whyyyyyy???

I'm going to try again seeing as there's no issue now