Tag: Social Media

Social Media Fast by Daniel Brinneman (Daniel Brinneman)

Thus to my point, closing these accounts and making less accessible time for others, produces a sensation that I have freed myself from their psychological grip. One of those others that I do not want to close yet because it serves as a communication tool with family and distant friends, and as a forum/group tool for interacting with and helping others in web development, and finding remote work opportunities, that is currently Facebook. I have tried this in the past, to put it aside, to close it but that kept me out of the loop of upcoming events. This trial around, I have removed the Facebook app (not Messenger) from both my mobile devices and when I need to really use it, I will boot the laptop.

Daniel, I removed the Facebook app from my iPhone several months ago. My usage of Facebook has dropped off. But I do miss that I am less in touch with far-flung family around the globe. My use of Twitter dropped off as well. Google+ is like that town I left behind but sometimes I look around when I stop to get gas on my way to somewhere else.

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Laura Kalbag on blogging – Colin Devroe (cdevroe.com)

In fact, I only syndicate to Micro.blog currently because it is effortless. I do not syndicate to any other social network. I sometimes wish that I were doing so again because I know I would get more readers here as a result, but – as Laura rightfully spells out – I just don’t have the time or energy to devote to getting that working again. I’ve spent countless hours trying to get it to work the way that I’d want it to (and took the time to catalog those issues here on my blog) and I’m just not going to do it again.

Oh my gosh! Yes, I’ve felt the same way for a while. I stopped syndicating links to social media — facebook, twitter — for a few months. I did see a drop off in traffic so I started doing it again. But ... if felt forced. I don’t want to do this. Now that I know that I am in good company, I’ll stop doing it again.

It feels hypocritical to criticize social silos while using them to syndicate my content.

More Social than ‘Social Media’

An Independent Web that is More Social than ‘Social Media’ by James Shelley (jamesshelley.com)

The only lasting antidote to social media’s current data monopoly is to create independent networks that are more wholesome, creative, interactive, and, yes, behaviourally reinforcing, than what any corporate AI or algorithm can provide. The Rileys of the world are only going to leave Facebook if the alternative is a manifestly more validating human experience, psychologically and emotionally. The only way this is going to happen in a decentralized network is if a whole bunch of us make thoughtful engagement and amplification of new voices a serious priority. If the independent web is going to survive, it must become a human web.

James, I agree.