More screaming into the void

I wasn't going to post about the brief banning of TikTok in the US, because I don't use TikTok, don't live in the United States, and see no situation that would cause either of these things to change.

But then the discourse and hot takes in response to the ban started rolling in, and they were, quite honestly, almost uniformly enraging — and to make matters worse, were inadvertently spreading unbelievably appalling misinformation — and I stewed in irritation for several days before giving in to the inevitable urge to vent.

I observed the vast majority of these inane reponses elsewhere online, although there were little pockets on Dreamwidth, but as always, my standard dislaimer applies: if you didn't perpetuate this behaviour, I'm not complaining about you.

( Cut because this strays into US politics territory )

But all this feels like shouting into the wind.