Hi, not sure if this is the right place for this, but - I come to slrpnk.net to talk with people about solarpunk ideas and actions, but my dash is frequently filled with endless news stories. If I wanted to read upsetting news, I would… go read the news. Climate in particular has almost no discussion about climate change or actions we can take and only news articles. I’ve been thinking of blocking the community so that I don’t have to sift through news stories to get to posts by members of our community. Does anyone else feel like this?
(Note: this isn’t to say that I’m ungrateful for the folks sharing the news articles. I do appreciate it! I just feel that for myself, I’d rather focus on the possibilities that solarpunk has and human connection with others in this movement.)
I have a similar perspective - I’d rather focus on what we can change than get melancholic over the things we can’t. We’re aware of the fact that it’s all going to hell and it’s likely to get worse; now what?
I’m not going to block the community, I literally joined this corner of the internet to get involved here, but I do think there’s a hell of a lot more value in sharing positive action and outcomes than being sat in yet another doomscroll factory - I’d rather be hopescrolling
I’m in the same boat, but I do actually get stuck doomscrolling and doomposting sometimes. I’m trying to do better.
Anyway, I appreciate your comment. It’s stirred something living in me.
hey thanks for the response, it genuinely helps to feel like you’re not just shouting into the void when bringing up things like this
Yeah, exactly. I have my news feeds curated to give me the information I need. But when I’m here I want to be talking about what we can do, getting inspired, making connections, not just getting more sad and more cynical