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Rec'd on 🫠 all of the apps are bad… can i have some not bad app recs
Bluesky?
I don't know. I've been enjoying it, but it's kind of just Diet Twitter in the sense that I should probably not be consuming it at all (for my mental health). Friends and I have been talking about going full into wheat-pasting posters around for shows and just getting on email lists. The mask has come off for a lot of these platforms, and there was a time not so long ago where they weren't part of our daily lives. It probably wouldn't be that hard to rip the collective band aid off.
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@theclack
Jan 24, 2025
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@eatgraeps
yea, i wish i could get into it but it feels very much like 2016 buzzfeed neoliberal twitter- great for academics, i hear. ive been on reddit quite a bit to fill the hole twitter left in my heart.
Jan 30, 2025
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@enjoyurlove
i’ve got bluesky, and you’re right, it’s diet-twitter. i also find that my algorithm will never get good because i’ll never commit time to it. i feel like we’re in an age of social media over saturation. bluesky, threats, twitter (im not calling it X, fuck you elon) are all the same, zuck is stealing anything that gets popular and putting it on instagram, facebook is just AI bots talking to each other, maybe it’s time to give it all up… wish i could get around that pesky fomo tho
Jan 25, 2025

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social media: Bluesky
If you need a platform that isn't addictive and DOESN'T feel like a cesspool, I suggest Bluesky (bsky.app). It's like what Twitter used to be, except it's not algorithmic based-- You have MUCH more control over the people and topics that show up in your feed. there's also "starter packs" that basically let you mass-follow topics or related users you're interested in. It's a breath of fresh air tbh and a lot less of an echo chamber
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@gemfound
Nov 12, 2024
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de-googLing and unplatforming
i have already left one HELL of a digital footprint, but I'd like to make that a little cleaner, a little freer. So, I'm gonna be looking for a new search engine (ecosia is a scam unfortunately and duckduckgo is kinda for creeps imho, but im trying), new email service, gonna quit using google Docs to write. Deactivating FB and Instagram soon, but need my friends and family to join the mass migration / go-dark-ification. I was never a Twitter liker but I did make a Bluesky. Now that they've dropped Pinksky, their instagram clone, why tf not just say bye to the fucked AI bots and algorithmic censorship? Idk maybe I won't even use bsky/psky as much as I did Meta before, but either way, this social media shit has been exhausting for years and I just wanna experience life outside a screen again. Maybe show what I enjoyed/created on the screen later sometimes.
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@mangle
Feb 21, 2025
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it's how i hear about stuff
the trad social media i use the most is instagram. the main reason I stay on it is that it's kind of how i hear about anything that's going on. that includes all the things that make me go "wow I'm so glad I heard about this thing I can do" but also all the things that make me go "aww man ☹️". been trying to strike a balance with how much of that noise I let into my life right now, so I've been relegating my instagram use to just on my browser on my personal laptop which i leave at home most days. trying to get back into having a dedicated "screen time" for socials so I can still keep up with things but I'm not just constantly bombarded with notifications and stories and new posts and news and current events and also what my friends are doing and also what local businesses are doing and also what bands and musicians I like are doing and also ADS ADS ADS ADS ALL THE TIME I DONT WANT TO BUY ANY OF THESE LEAVE ME ALLLLOOOONNNE trying to reclaim my peace of mind and my attention this year. tryna be like this but for the attention economy
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@royallmonarch
Jan 6, 2025

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"How have you been spending your time lately?"
We're long overdue in thrusting "What do you do?" into the sea forever. It's time we collectively get down to what people are interested in instead of minimizing their vibrant existence by asking how they make money.
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