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| Me, not so happy about quitting. |
I'm not happy about it! I've spent countless hours over the past 13 years trying to gain traction in the vacillating world of social media.
And I just quit. I mean, I left everything: Facebook (hated it), Twitter (loved it), Instagram, Linkedin, Reddit, Pinterest, and Typepad.
Elon Musk was the catalyst. His botched purchase of, and impulsive, toxic, and cruel management of Twitter, precipitated the beginning of my exit from social media. First, I quit Twitter, which was a difficult decision. Then, I had to pause and ask myself, what benefit have I gotten from all the time and effort I've put into my social media memberships over the years?
The answer was very damn little!
So, I decided to quit all of these corporate-owned media platforms. Instead of wasting time among haters, fake news, and empty-headed drivel, I decided to spend my time writing messages that matter.
I will now spend all of my time writing here, on Medium, and I will soon return to the Substack platform with a brand new newsletter.
I am, however, involved with one social media platform - Mastodon. Mastodon is different. It's not corporate-owned. It's a Democratic, decentralized platform that is quite different than anything I've experienced. No advertising, no hate (at least not yet), conversations with intelligent people, and an opportunity to operate your own server, if that's your thing.
If you'd like to try a social media platform different from any of the big ones, you own it to yourself to check it out. I'm hoping it will scratch my itch for community.
My handle on Mastodon is: @lloyd@mindly.social
Sign up and come visit me.