The alt feels like identity R&D. It's one of the best things I've ever done - being able to try on new selves for size.
Managing the two identities, is tough though. & I've noticed the alt is basically taking over. That's strange to admit, but shows how much I needed it! 
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Replying to @CharlieSmart5 @liminal_warmth
I ran 7 accounts total, and ended up "alting myself" and moving to my main primarily just to be more legible
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Replying to @DanielleFong @liminal_warmth
Woaaah. What was alting yourself life? Was coming back to main natural, or did you have to force them back into one box?
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Replying to @CharlieSmart5 @liminal_warmth
Well, I just kind of realised that attention had fragmented to the point where if I wanted people not make connections between myself & my alts or not I would have to be explicit, and my main was shadowbanned in February probably because I was speaking about the virus /7 brigaded
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Replying to @DanielleFong @liminal_warmth
Makes sense! Sounds polyannaish, but what did you learn?
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Replying to @CharlieSmart5 @liminal_warmth
Hmm. Maybe, how much more vibrant the timeline is for like followers / followings of hundreds of accounts, rather than thousands. On my main it's an absolute firehose, but I follow thousands of feeds! On my alts I have much higher signal to noise and communities are more intimate
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I kind of use my alts still for different spheres / different parts of my personality, and it's interesting to have had the experience of creating them -- having a rooted identity with some community has a lot of value! also interesting to have mutuals who know who you are.
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Replying to @DanielleFong @liminal_warmth
Yeh, it's interesting for some things how much being known is helpful, and othertimes anonymity. I'd absolutely have an anonymous alt, if I could be bothered to spend the additional time building it up.
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