Social Media Escape Club

The internet has this amazing power in convincing us that we are being social on Facebook while providing breadcrumbs of what it means to actually be social.

Nothing about the web has changed that prevents us from going back. If anything, it's become a lot easier. We can return.

Discoverability of smart web content relies on word of mouth and human curation.

While the dumb web screams, the smart web whispers.

To feel sexy, we need risk and spontaneity. Our phones kill both.

“The factor that I am most grateful for about Cook Club is actually that I have stopped putting pressure on myself or others to create for the sake of consistency. That’s what has been great about publishing indie; I know I can make art as a hobby when I feel most capable and inspired.”

I didn’t mind social media when it was just one aspect of the internet, and it was largely just for that first word, “social.” But it slowly became the everything place, and now it’s bite-sized versions of news, art, ads, politics, obituaries, health advice, crimes against humanity, kittens, low-rent humor, messages from friends, soft-core porn, go... See more

I often think of the Noah Smith quote: “Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now, the real world is an escape from the internet.”