Social Media Escape Club
If you are stuck in a mall food court with only bad food, and you are hungry, you could always just stay hungry.
many of us are addicted and don’t even come to the internet for joy, knowledge or connection anymore— we just do it because we are 100% wired into the machine and can’t break the cycle.
Stephen Moore • I Kinda Hate The Internet Now - by Stephen Moore
Nothing about the web has changed that prevents us from going back. If anything, it's become a lot easier. We can return.
Molly White • We can have a different web
“I made the thing I wished existed,” David Speed
The best spokesperson for any endeavor is not the one who has the most polish, the longest tenure, or the "right" credentials. It’s the person who holds the secret knowledge upon which the enterprise is built, the person who can not only describe the idea but, in the face of inevitable opposition, fight for it and win.
Recalling the specifics now, I can see more clearly exactly what’s being lost. Scrolling displaces observation, shuts out occasions for self-generated thought, silences out-of-the-blue invitations. Checking the phone reroutes the discomfort of blankness and emptiness. It stoppers authentic—often anxious—waiting.
Lia Purpura Published • The Ecology of Attention
“If you only exist in the minds of your consumers as an Instagram handle, you haven’t built a brand. You’ve built an account,” Jamie R Cox
https://brandburnout.substack.com/p/am-i-the-girl-who-deleted-instagram