Relating with social media
On why social media won't save us and my personal journey to healing from its scars
Relating with social media
The Flattening
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“We’ve been too busy reacting that whence forgotten how to respond”
There’s no urgency to idleness. Why not be idle tomorrow, once you’ve finished everything you have to do today? You will never get a midnight text reminding you to do nothing. You will never get a calendar invite to do nothing.
On the idea of idleness. Of actively not doing in response to a world where everyone is obsessed with doing as much as possible.
How does one start a new business or sell a product in a world without advertising?
How do you scale something fast enough through just word of mouth to get out of the red?
If I open a new bakery, is it predatory to send a pamphlet to the nearby houses? Should I just sit quietly and hope that enough people notice?
How do you scale something fast enough through just word of mouth to get out of the red?
If I open a new bakery, is it predatory to send a pamphlet to the nearby houses? Should I just sit quietly and hope that enough people notice?
mertd • Advertising and marketing have ruined *society*, the internet is just one of a l... | Hacker News
Ah, the age old question!
there’s something larger going on, particularly with those of us who’ve been posting for most of our adult lives: on Tumblr, on Facebook, on Twitter, on Snapchat, on Instagram. We’re exhausted with the labor of self-documentation — especially when it seems that our posts aren’t even surfacing for our close friends. But we’re also tired of being per... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • Posting Less
I used to work with a client who followed many of these coaches. Her feed was FULL of fantasy marketing and after a while, whether you like it not, that gets to a person.
Not least because of the echo chamber effect of social media. Once you follow one of these grifters individuals, your Explore page is full of them.
And when I say it gets to a perso... See more
Not least because of the echo chamber effect of social media. Once you follow one of these grifters individuals, your Explore page is full of them.
And when I say it gets to a perso... See more
some pretty uncomfortable but needed insights into people’s obsession with social media coaches. By Bella Foxwell.
Because self-promotion sucks. It is actually very boring and not that fun to produce TikTok videos or to learn email marketing for this purpose. Hardly anyone wants to “build a platform;” we want to just have one. This is what people sign up for now when they go for the American dream — working for yourself and making money doing what you love. The... See more
Rebecca Jennings for Vox Media
Opinion | I’m a 17-Year-Old TikTok Junkie. I Need This Ban.
nytimes.com
Finally, a different perspective on the tiktok ban.
Omg same! You don’t even realize how much mental and emotional energy you’re subconsciously devoting to social media until you cut yourself off from it. It’s crazy. Probably one of my biggest personal wins this year was letting go of all of it.
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