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All pros, and no cons here.
Stay mysterious, and launder your mild flirtation with a depressive episode as an act of steely self-control, abundant self-love, bohemian blasé, bourgeois industriousness, and/or independent self-confidence.
Plus you don't have to feel bad about doing it. Social media apps can't suffer from psychic and emotional trauma. In fact, ghosting an app might act as a healthy form of release, and save you from ghosting an actual human.
Mar 22, 2024
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i do this every once in a while. especially when i feel a sudden sense of impending doom or overwhelming responsibility. or when i just feel like i need to hear/see less information. and maybe have an extra certain degree of choice in what im being exposed to on a daily.
just less noise in life. feels great to detach from it all sometimes.
find myself asking the question, “how are you?” out of genuine curiosity rather than obligatory small talk. it’s scary how much we can end up relying on social media to give us a false sense of personal connection with others.
excluding this app ofc. bc it doesn’t make me feel like my brain is rotting.
Apr 16, 2024
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PI is different because you’re not trying to impress anyone or present a carefully crafted persona. You can be away from this site for days or weeks and come back when you’re in the mood. You won’t miss out on anything viral or some big news.
That said, if you don’t need this in your life, go free!
Jan 7, 2025
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I recently deleted all social media apps(except for Perfectly Imperfect, duh) and it's like night-and-day.
Why do I need to know about everything happening in the world? Why do I need to allow the algorithm to rile me up about things that I have zero control over?
Last night I wrapped presents and listened to 1930s jazz and read a book instead.
Dec 20, 2024
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I don't know how well this actually answers your initial question, I think it's more of a counterpoint to some of the stuff people have already said, but here it goes.
In the past (prior to social media or search engines) specific styles, specialized knowledge, and niche awareness actually took effort. You had to go out into the world and find a scene, be accepted, participate in it, contribute to it, and learn from others with specific knowledge within the specific sub- or counter-cultural scene. It took time, effort, and experience to craft an identity. Nowadays people cycle through various identities and trends like commodities because it takes no effort (they're sold to them by social media algorithms, influencers, brand accounts, etc.). It comes to you in your phone without you ever even having to leave the house or put in the time to discover it or participate in it (you just follow specific people or subscribe). You can be a passive observer or consumer, not an active contributor. As a result, you're not invested or tied down and committed to that core identity. You can cosplay depending on your mood or who you want to momentarily convey yourself as, because it's easy. Essentially, being a poser has become normalized. An identity is now something to be momentarily consumed and affected, rather than grown, built, and developed over time.
Granted, it's always been different in regards to "mass" culture and popular trends (both in the past and now). Those are impossible to miss and were always monopolized by specific trend setting institutions, but always by the time it gets to that point, the actual initial counter- or sub-culture that inspired it has already been coopted and has started to disintegrate under the weight and attention of mass consumption.
Feb 18, 2024
It's an action deserving of its own nickname. My cat's name is Gomez, but when he crosses his paws like this, he turns into Hodgkins Plumpersocks.
Feb 2, 2024
Please enjoy my attempt(s) to fill the void.
title: "pet; owner"
medium: hair
Jan 30, 2024