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How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis
- I used to go online in search of things. Now, a huge part of my online experience is based on me waiting for platforms to serve me what they think I will like.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- going back to that idea of awareness of algorithms, I think one thing that really separates people online generationally is the divide between who has really tried to create stuff online. The savviest older-generation users are usually people who work in media, and they are exposed to how online content is made and travels. It’s not that they can’t... See more
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- it doesn’t feel done until I put it on my Instagram. I’ll make this thing from scratch and have this wonderful, meditative experience doing it, but if I don’t share it with this feed, part of my brain will think, What is the point? It’s so bad and dumb.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- I’d let those likes be an evaluation of the time I spent on the experience I just lived.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- I always feel very curmudgeonly saying this, but I think that mid-to-late Millennials and very young Gen Xers are this weird straddle generation. Like, one of my earliest memories is playing with a working rotary phone my parents had in the kitchen of our house. But, also, I was online for the first time at like 7 or 8 and very much was raised onli... See more
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- TikTok is not insular—it wants to be a big melting pot of what’s happening on all other platforms, in a way that’s not really native to other platforms except for earlier versions of Twitter.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- the internet used to be a place! Or at least it was for me. I love how the internet exposes the weird and funny things about being a person alive in the world.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Even when there’s not big news about an election or a war or a pandemic, there’s always something. There will rarely be a day where there is no emergency on Twitter, because there are emergencies everywhere in the world. And it’s tough to live in a place that’s always in a state of emergency.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- I think it’s just that we don’t talk about this stuff out loud very much. I feel the same way describing the kind of social anxiety I get from performative parts of social media—to detail it out loud feels unhinged. But I think most people are feeling similar stuff. It’s bleeding into everyone’s behaviors.
from How to Leave an Internet That’s Always in Crisis by The Atlantic
Keely Adler added 2y ago