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-    i will never participate in weird internet caste systems
-                         2023-06-06
-
-i was stumbling around discord today and had a pretty
-sudden & severe realization about discord nitro.
-
-i'll get to that later.
-
-
-
-        what is discord nitro?
-
-discord nitro is a paid subscription service that
-discord offers to generate revenue. nitro provides
-a few functional perks - larger upload sizes, better
-voice quality, etc; and a few aesthetic perks - animated
-avatars, cross-server emoji usage, and "super reactions"
-
-this post is mostly about the aesthetic perks. the
-things that cost discord exactly nothing and operate
-psychologically to make users desire nitro. the arbitrary
-boundaries that discord chooses to draw.
-
-
-
-        sharing === good
-
-i believe that sharing knowledge & objects helps people
-feel meaning, and that the people committed to sharing
-openly and honestly are uniquely beautiful.
-
-i believe in this principle. i cry about this principle.
-i will die believing in the power of open sharing.
-
-    my knowledge & output will _never_ be
-    arbitrarily caged!
-
-    everything that i ever create or produce
-    will be shared for free, to the best of my
-    ability!
-
-    my time will be spent giving gifts to this world
-    that has given me so much!
-
-    i will die smiling! and i will die having loved
-    with my whole heart!
-
-i think about my own life, and scheme to share even more.
-
-what discord is doing is the opposite of sharing.
-it's taking. it's hoarding. it's almost like lying.
-
-discord has intentionally created a caste system.
-
-and in case it's not clear: caste systems make me furious.
-
-
-
-             caste upon the world
-
-caste systems must restrict sharing of particular
-resources to the "underclass." They also tend to
-incorporate aesthetic privilege to highlight the
-privilege of the upper-class.
-
-from the perspective of users who do _not_ have discord
-nitro, nitro users have _aesthetics_ that the underclass
-are not capable of having. they have _resources_ that
-the underclass does not have access to.
-
-this is a design decision. people sat in a room and
-thought this through. here's a historically inaccurate
-representation of how that conversation may have gone:
-
-person A: how can we make discord nitro (tm) more desirable?
-person B: we could make nitro subscribers look sexy!
-person A: but then our other class of users might feel ugly :(
-person B: exactly, which will make them want to give us money!
-person A: OH SHIT, MONEY? DID YOU SAY MONEY? I LOOOOVE MONEY!
-person B: ME TOO! LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
-both, in chorus: PEOPLE ARE GONNA LOVE THIS!
-
-here are the specific aesthetic perks this post is about:
-
-  nitro users can:
-    $ post custom emoji on any discord instance
-    $ use "super reactions", which are fun little things
-    $ upload animated avatars, banners, and profile themes
-
-this fosters two feelings in the basic user:
-  - a sense of envy
-    (i wish i could do that. i want to look like that.)
-  - a sense of self consciousness
-    (why can't i do that? why can't i look like that?)
-
-finally, discord ties these perverse feelings directly to profit:
-  - if i purchase discord nitro, i can stop feeling bad!
-    (if i give a business money, that's good for me!)
-
-this system is psychologically predatory.
-
-it is a system that _intentionally_ makes people feel longing
-& worthlessness to sell them something. it's selfish.
-
-
-no. i will never participate in a system like that.
-
-
-fuck off with your weird internet caste system.
-
-
-
-love
- jes