Aaron Navrady (@rustypincers.bsky.social)

Filtering ourselves We don't use the same language or ideas with an in-law that we do with our bar buddies. When the internet was young, people often chose to filter themselves online. We didn't know who was on the other end of the pipe, and we knew it would be there forever. And typing feels more permanent and official than speaking... Over time, the algorithms rewarded people who were guttural, hurtful, profane and, to use an overused and inefficient word, "authentic." And so it flipped. https://seths.blog/2025/12/filtering-ourselves/