im automatically a fanboy of qualcomm because they use a really cute cgi dragon in their branding. what do you mean you cant be a "fanboy" of a microprocessor oem
people who are interested in the ways affordances shape social networks or just fandom in general should really really read "Fan is a Tool Using Animal" by maciej cegłowski btw
@bea@nightpool there's also the oft-repeated use case of tagging something you reblog as a content warning, which i could see potentially outweighing the callout-ey uses
@Waldenpond@bea hashtag timelines show all the posts your instance knows about that use that hashtag. so as long as someone on that instance is following you, that instance can see your hashtag posts
honestly, HumanBody is the worst hacked-together nonsense i've ever seen. - no documentation (_everything_ we have is from reverse engineering by enthusiasts) - little to no runtime modification, everything's baked in at DNA compilation time - all the sensory hardware is fragile and pretty much impossible to replace when it inevitably breaks - the built in security is decent but has to constantly download patches to cope with the latest malware, and is only necessary cause of larger systemic problems
cybre describes an optimism, a hope for the possibility of technology rather than a fear of its oppression cybre represents the reality of what is now possible, in addition to the mythology of what was thought possible cybre belongs to the indomitable individuals and indefatigable communities who have carved out a home in an invisible layer above reality