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I genuinely hope everything I post finds itself before the people that will enjoy it most, building connections and a community centered on shared ideas, experiences, and mutual enjoyment instead of influence.
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i know for a fact that i’m guilty of wanting that dopamine hit of having people see my posts and like them, but i’m trying to change my mentality around that here. i’m finding myself more at peace just posting my recommendations and taking solace that someone might find them in the future and enjoy what i suggest, rather than needing an instant gratification of a like. i feel as though i’m adding a brick to the communal building that is this cool userbase of interesting people.
Jan 20, 2025
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As long as I am posting stuff that is authentic and I’m proud of I don’t care because I can stand behind it & there’s no reason to be ashamed if no one notices it. Like on my art account I can post something I spent 30 hours on and get 10 likes and who cares. It’s something I’m curating for myself and maybe others in the future. But also even on here I tend to censor the things that I don’t think people will be interested in because then it just becomes noise. So intentionality is also important because it kind of prevents that sort of response
Feb 21, 2025
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I don't want someone else to tell me a story about you. I don't want an algorithm shaping my perspective of my fellow humans. I don't want some gatekeepers to season my ears with a pre-determined narrative about the others in the world.
My overriding experience is that people, when face to face and doing life together, are far better human beings than we've been led to believe.
Much of our division simply comes from the fact that we don't talk to one another.
So my driving passion, in different spaces, is to pursue and cultivate those kind of communities. Partly it involves getting out from behind our screens and getting in real life physical spaces together—or at least in realtime. It involves inviting people to reclaim the voice that's been stolen from them, or that they've surrendered. It requires a difficult and willful setting aside of what I think I know about you and what you think you know about me.
Jan 21, 2025
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One of the best influences a friend had on me is to make a Pinterest board of my own photos. Unlike apps like Instagram, a personal board allows you to fully fill it with yourself unabashedly. Mine works as a digital diary of everywhere I’ve been or seen. But, you could fill it with recipes, outfits, photography, anything. In time you will have created a collage reflective of yourself.
Feb 18, 2025
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Realized I was taking the nonspecific, unpersonalized, marketable advice on reels to heart during a hard time. Get off reels ! Talk to your mom, your friend, your therapist, not content creators.
Feb 23, 2025
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