Can we just say that we really dislike the spectator aspect of forums like Reddit's "Am I the Asshole" or "Relationship Advice"? We avoid Reddit, but they even get cross-posted to Twitter so people who have nothing to do with the situation can boggle at it.

We want to acknowledge that we're as guilty as anyone of reading these things. We're trying to stop, and it would be nice if they didn't show up everywhere on the web.

It really feels to us, lately, like the spectator sport aspect to social media is a huge part of its negative effect on society.

For several years now, we've been chewing on our thoughts about the negative effects of fan-out on social media, and where we're at now is that it's good when you're promoting something, but bad otherwise. https://twitter.com/ireneista/status/1062515481616117760