Being known.  Being able to grow relationships that depend, in part, on shared history, on people knowing what you're about.  The stuff that civilization and our primate brains are built on.

Yeah, it's a mixed bag.  There's something lost when you're known and part of something, but way more is gained.  But you can ease into it, the internet is good that way.

It's basically another variant of the reputation conversation I was having with somebody on SN recently and cannot unearth now.

elvismercury

See reply above.  Being a transient rando on the internet as ephemeral as a sprouted dandelion is good opsec, but an intolerable way to live for almost everyone.

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TonyGiorgio

> Many of us will be excited when it arrives.

And one (big?) part in this post will be how I am not sure if that's what I want in life.

Sometimes, you just want to be a @nemo, you know? lol

_lmao, except the part where people continuously mention you because you were so funny and they really miss you_