social media break

[forgotten_aria]

I've mostly stopped reading facebook and bluesky and it has improved my mental health. Instagram seems to be ok. I'd really like a social media that encouraged short-form posts about people I know talking about their lives.

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[desireearmfeldt]

Seriously!

[kelkyag]

I'm on mastodon (wandering.shop), but rarely post there, and generally only responses. Posting about my life I'd rather keep to an site with decent acls, like this one. But then I fail to post here because writing long form takes time & focus, and short form feels too fluffy.

... though apparently I used to post short things fairly often. Hrm.

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Some folks use Dreamwidth for that purpose, particularly users who came over from Twitter or Tumblr. You can watch for them and subscribe to their blogs. Not quite as good as a dedicated system, but it should get you at least a little of what you want.

[lmk]

I would like that too.

[tla]

My favourite thing about Bluesky is the ease with which I was able to turn off reposts - it means that my feed only has stuff written by people I know. Yes it is still sometimes full of doom, but at least it is my friends' doom and not that of strangers?