Like seeing a pretty bird outside my window. Is that appropriate, or is this more about personal achievements? Wanted to make a post here but figure I should check if it’s fine first.

Also wondering: there are some people who are gladdened by seeing negative things happen to people they dislike. Sometimes it’s a bit more high-minded, seeing people they legitimately think are harmful get faced with a consequence that is 1) both unpleasant to them but also 2) may incur personal growth out of the harmful behavior. I personally am not a fan of seeing schadenfreude posts in communities like this one, I come here to try to “fake it till I make it” with being more positive and grateful and to try to be a happy counterweight to a lot of the negativity online. But I am not the only person who uses the Fediverse, and other needs and wants and desires may be important too.

Kind of related; are we allowing politics posts here? Like “Good law was passed” or “Bad law repealed”. Seems too big in scope, not a little win or small victory, and also a lightning rod for drama and fighting in the comments, and (depending on how you are feeling, choose your interpretation) sharing necessary but unhappy information/party pooping with “actually the good law has this and that bad thing attached as riders” and “the cruelty is the point, the bad law will be back again with more chance to pass in the future because xyz reasons.” I feel given how political the Fediverse is we might want to have a rule about it at some point. What about local levels? That’s small, but still seems ripe for a heated discussion that doesn’t seem to be the point of this community.