mannu

One of my oldest friends just won the most prestigious awards in short story writing. It’s got me thinking about prestige In these parts of twitter, we're not so interested in prestige, even though there plenty of poasters with the reach of bestselling authors. I wonder if this is misplaced. Should we be converting our tweets into higher prestige formats like books, talks, and articles in mainstream outlets? I've shied away from acquiring traditional forms of status for a while. I've watch ppl come into prestige and experience a lot of cons as well as pros. Here is my read for myself: Pros: • Expand the influence of my gods – eg beauty, multicolor love, & our based collective intelligence • Community morale boost. IME it's uplifting when "one of your own" wins an award or publishes a book • More interesting invitations – to podcasts, conferences, even dates Cons • You actually *lose* an important source of authority: the authority of relatability • More social yuck from ppl treating you like an object to be gotten or wielded • Communications overload – and I'm already overloaded 😬 Probably 2026 will be a year that I come into more prestige, so I'd love to hear tips on how to make that not suck