Actually, I enjoy your thoughts and especially the footnotes, even if I do have to scroll back up for the context that I already forgot.
FWIW I completely left the socials ( except Substack and Pinterest, which seem different) several months ago. So far all is good and I'm reading more...
Great post! So useful! And yes, I am gong to quote you and link to this post in an upcoming post of my own.
Besides Substack, the only social media I’m on is Facebook, which I use to 1. Keep up with family and friends back in the US, 2. Promote my Substack, and 3. Watch basset hound videos (really!). I can confirm that if you are relentless in training the algorithm, it really does give you what you want, which, in my case, is basset hound videos.
I totally uninstalled every social media app around 2020 and had stopped watching television a couple or three years before that. Even then it was COVID COVID COVID no matter what I tried. Gradually I reopened some channels, but absolutely not Reddit - bear baiting 24/7 - and am quite happy checking out Fecebook for 5 minutes here and there, X For You has got to know me well... but same: Arsenal posts. What's that about?
I 100% agree that YouTube is for the television. I subscribe to a half a dozen or so channels and even if I only 20% concentrate on them that seems plenty.
But I'm stuck in the middle of Telegram which eats my time.
All ten of your commandments make total sense but it's the practice that makes the difference.
So, I'm here to tell you how great you are...
Actually, I enjoy your thoughts and especially the footnotes, even if I do have to scroll back up for the context that I already forgot.
FWIW I completely left the socials ( except Substack and Pinterest, which seem different) several months ago. So far all is good and I'm reading more...
Thank you!! And it's funny how I always hear stories like yours but never stories about people giving up social media and regretting it!
Great post! So useful! And yes, I am gong to quote you and link to this post in an upcoming post of my own.
Besides Substack, the only social media I’m on is Facebook, which I use to 1. Keep up with family and friends back in the US, 2. Promote my Substack, and 3. Watch basset hound videos (really!). I can confirm that if you are relentless in training the algorithm, it really does give you what you want, which, in my case, is basset hound videos.
I totally uninstalled every social media app around 2020 and had stopped watching television a couple or three years before that. Even then it was COVID COVID COVID no matter what I tried. Gradually I reopened some channels, but absolutely not Reddit - bear baiting 24/7 - and am quite happy checking out Fecebook for 5 minutes here and there, X For You has got to know me well... but same: Arsenal posts. What's that about?
I 100% agree that YouTube is for the television. I subscribe to a half a dozen or so channels and even if I only 20% concentrate on them that seems plenty.
But I'm stuck in the middle of Telegram which eats my time.
All ten of your commandments make total sense but it's the practice that makes the difference.