Social Media Escape Club

Exploring the internet together should be like exploring a vast old library with your friends. Wandering down different shelves, skimming the pages that catch your eye, and occasionally one of you hollers in a whispering voice, "come check this out!"

Azlen • Tweet

I’m happy I asked you to send questions. It led to conversations with readers I had never heard from before.

Where I Find Links

Online is meant to aid in our reality, not be it

Lisa Kholostenko • How to Rebel Against Modern Times

Overthrowing Our Tech Overlords | NOEMA

noemamag.com

How to live without your phone - by Sam Kriss

Sam Kriss samkriss.substack.com

“Mari got me to pull the plug on my Sp*tify subscription recently and it has been liberating to not see the statistics and industry-imposed/applied rankings next to the names of the artists i listen to. staying away from social media has also been a great relief for similar feelings of inadequacy, doubt, and envy.”

Claire Rousay

https://open.substack

The web is not dying. The web is huge. The web is ever-expanding. The fact that the web is just the same 5 big websites is a fucking lie. It’s like saying the restaurant industry is the same 5 fast food chains. It is not. It’s up to you to decide to stop visiting those 5 sites and stop ingesting their fast food content.

The web is not dying – Manu

The case against morning yoga, daily routines, and endless meetings

Andrew Chen open.substack.com

To change the stigma around needing to be constantly available and avoid phone addiction as a whole, Sheeran made the decision to get rid of his phone and only use an iPad. His primary method of communication is now email, with the singer explaining that he only checks it around once per week