A couple days ago I unfollowed everyone on Facebook, now my news feed is completely empty. (Still friends with everyone though, and still using messenger and events.) So far it feels great! If anyone wants to wean themselves off Facebook and needs an actionable first step, this is it.
Now I’m thinking about what kind of online persona I want to create next. Facebook’s focus on real world identities was kind of a stopper for my self-expression, as I’m only realizing now. Reddit has pseudonyms, but it’s also a bit restrictive because you have to stay on topic for each subreddit. Similar for LW. (Though I do write a lot, both here and on Reddit, and not going to stop.) The old LiveJournal was great, but now it’s dead and everyone on my feed has stopped posting in like 2013. Maybe Tumblr? There I’ll be free to write day-to-day stuff colored with a certain persona, which is what I want. What other nice places exist?
Blogs of nice individuals, I guess. (That includes SSC.) If you make a blog for yourself (for your persona) and keep making comments at the few blogs you read, that could easily be the nicest possible way of using internet.
A couple days ago I unfollowed everyone on Facebook, now my news feed is completely empty. (Still friends with everyone though, and still using messenger and events.) So far it feels great! If anyone wants to wean themselves off Facebook and needs an actionable first step, this is it.
Now I’m thinking about what kind of online persona I want to create next. Facebook’s focus on real world identities was kind of a stopper for my self-expression, as I’m only realizing now. Reddit has pseudonyms, but it’s also a bit restrictive because you have to stay on topic for each subreddit. Similar for LW. (Though I do write a lot, both here and on Reddit, and not going to stop.) The old LiveJournal was great, but now it’s dead and everyone on my feed has stopped posting in like 2013. Maybe Tumblr? There I’ll be free to write day-to-day stuff colored with a certain persona, which is what I want. What other nice places exist?
Blogs of nice individuals, I guess. (That includes SSC.) If you make a blog for yourself (for your persona) and keep making comments at the few blogs you read, that could easily be the nicest possible way of using internet.
Twitter.