Social Media

Scrolling through Twitter led to more scrolling and then a feeling of emptiness and guilt for wasting time when I finally managed to leave the app — scrolling through Sublime more often than not led me to putting away my phone, getting a breath of fresh air, and getting to work on that passion project I’d put aside years ago.

All social networking apps fall on a spectrum from love to fame.

Katie describes 1.2x as “just a little quicker and livelier” as well as that “it’s nice to get through it slightly faster.” But to me it sounds like the perfect speed to get distracted and do something else while listening. We’re so used to having a second screen around and to listen and watch from multiple sources. This goes beyond specific sonic ... See more

Advertisers love how non-paid content blurs with paid content because it makes their ads feel more "authentic." Platforms love it because advertisers love it.

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Why I don't like algorithmic/filter bubbles/for you feeds: I refuse to be one thing. I’m two things, three things, a hundred things at once, and I’ll be a hundred different things tomorrow. I don’t want the convenience of being collapsed, defined, optimized for legibility. I want to be aerated, blobby, and porous. I want to be the sea around an ... See more