I’m just coming back to Twitter after a break of a few weeks and now I’m starting to engage again there are a few observations that I wanted to share with you. First off I need to explain what Twitter is for me. It’s using Tweetbot to see no ads, no trends, no news andContinue reading “What happened when I stopped using Twitter”
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Breaking the Twitter habit
Last week I wrote about keeping social media in your browser, it’s something I did that week and realised today it’s something that I’ve stuck to. In fact now I’m days in, checking Twitter when I unlock my phone isn’t even something I’m thinking about. I think I’ve broken my habit of unlocking, checking myContinue reading “Breaking the Twitter habit”
Keeping social media in your browser
Whilst messing around with iOS 15 I realised that my habit of checking Twitter had almost gone away, I’d simply not installed the app. In a bid to try to be a bit more mindful about how I’m consuming news and content that I don’t want to see I decided to only check social mediaContinue reading “Keeping social media in your browser”
I’ve stopped watching YouTube (and why you might want to as well)
Back in 2008 I was really into YouTube, in fact I had a guitar channel with a healthy follower count and connections with guitar companies for review gear. It felt like early blogging and gave me a creative outlet I enjoyed. But something changed about 5 years later, click bait and the rise of theContinue reading “I’ve stopped watching YouTube (and why you might want to as well)”
Being part of smaller communities
Being part of a smaller community vs something like Twitter has really hit home over the last few months. Whilst I do get a lot of positive interaction on Twitter I also see news and negativity that the algorithms are created to amplify (I don’t want to see this). I created my own slack (contactContinue reading “Being part of smaller communities”