The State of My Social Media

[picosgemeos]

It's been 8 months since I left Twitter, 1 month since I started posting on Substack, and I was about to add "1 month since I've been unemployed" but I just got an email from my recruitment agency with a temp job for April. *Relief*I can’t shake off the feeling that social media is now pointless, a vast void where you throw your thoughts and images

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[olamina]

Wow, you have a lot of coverage across the web!

Once I moved off Mastodon.social my feed got much more interesting and less American.

I use Pinterest mostly to organize pictures of clothes I have and also outfit and hairstyle inspiration. I don't think people build community there, do they?

I only really use IG to follow my rave friends, see when people are DJing. The ads are annoying but every once in a while something comes there and I am convinced to buy. I ended up with a new lip balm, new deodorant, and a lovely pair of wool pants. Fortunately these were all things I was in the market for.

[picosgemeos]

I have my fingers in every pie! :-P

It's maybe a little bit of FOMO but also curiosity - and the ever present hope that I'll find some new online community. I'm also on Istagram, but for similar reasons as Facebook (stay in touch with people, and also guesthouse marketing.)

I probably just need to accept that we are all scattered now and need to make daily decisions of how much time we wish to invest in each corner of the web.

I am enjoying Mastodon a lot, especially as it's so fast for me to get updated on you lot. I feel like I have time to properly check boosts.

I used to enjoy Pinterest a lot, their algo-rhythm seemed quite good - but now there are so many ads in between the pins, it's dispiriting.

[stainsteelrat]

Great to hear about the job, and interesting to hear about your social media experiences

[picosgemeos]

Thanks for sharing. I think we oldies are all on the same boat in terms of how our social media use has fragmented over the years.

[stainsteelrat]

Agreed. Although my real life social life has improved a bit in recent months, social media is still largely my social life (WhatsApp also factors into that of late as well). Part of me would rather real life would improve on that score, but it is what it is. I still like to think that *I* use social media, rather than it using me.

[gavinf1980]

I don't really blame you for leaving Twitter (as I will insist on calling it). Good to know you're still alive though.

[picosgemeos]

Thanks mate! Good to hear you're also alive. :)

[emo_snal]

Thanks for this social media review round up

[picosgemeos]

I think you might like Threads! It does show you random posts, based on your likes, and it has really good functionality for banning, blocking content you don't want. You can also add, via Instagram, words you want excluded. I have a feeling it's a bit like TikTok, where it just gets better in its recommendations the more you use it.

Substack is another one I think you might like. Very similar to Medium except it's turning more into a social media site, with loads of chatter and Twitter-like posts ("Notes").

[emo_snal]

Thanks I think I'll check them both out!

[geosh]

(when I saw, "I am inching closer to just leaving this space," my first thought was, "oh god, no..." because it took a second to realize you were talking about threads not lj....very glad youre here)

[picosgemeos]

Good to hear from you!
Yeah, I'm not leaving LJ... Probably will be the one to switch the lights out! 😜