curating obscure social medias
It seems that most people can remember only a few high-level details of a book weeks later—if that. A typical reader might spend hours finishing some serious non-fiction—then maybe it comes up at a dinner party, and they find you can remember like three sentences. Basically no detailed recall.
§Enabling environments, games, and the Primer
everyone writing same type of content, eg content im consuming, things that make me happy, etc
“I think a certain set of millennial women think they miss Tumblr, but they really miss a specific moment of anonymity and creation on the internet“
Better social nutrition
Social media feels like the “empty calories” of human connection. I’m filling my cup with connections, but they lack nutrition. They’re social donuts.
In its place, I’ve spent most of my social time in intimate and often vulnerable 1-1 conversations, usually while on walks in the woods.
I’ve been more present with my wife,... See more
Social media feels like the “empty calories” of human connection. I’m filling my cup with connections, but they lack nutrition. They’re social donuts.
In its place, I’ve spent most of my social time in intimate and often vulnerable 1-1 conversations, usually while on walks in the woods.
I’ve been more present with my wife,... See more
David Spinks • What It's Like to Be Off Social Media
What would you add?
#reels #reelsinstagram #funny #quotes #dating #author #authorsofinstagram #writer #writersofinstagram
instagram.comTo be transformed by a book, readers must do more than absorb information: they must bathe in the book’s ideas, relate those ideas to experiences in their lives over weeks and months, try on the book’s mental models like a new hat. Unfortunately, readers must drive that process for themselves. Authors can’t easily guide this ongoing sense-making:... See more
Nielsen, Michael, Matuschak, Andy • Timeful Texts
I like sharing with a smaller group. I don't want to put deeply personal things on Instagram at all. I like it for ... well I used to like it for things but these days not so much.