Social Media Escape Club
Online is meant to aid in our reality, not be it
Lisa Kholostenko • How to Rebel Against Modern Times
No one ever bought anything on an elevator. Your pitch isn’t designed to fully explain what you do or even to make the sale. Your ride on the elevator only exists to make it more likely that someone will follow you out of the elevator asking you questions about what you do.
“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
... See moreThe first is more social than media. It’s driven by a backlash to performative, status-seeking social media: people want to spend quality time online with close friends and family. This means less Facebook and Instagram and more WhatsApp and Messenger.
Rex Woodbury • The Evolution of Social Media: Splitting Into Social and Media
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
🌾 Grow Through Generosity & Collaboration — with Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works
youtube.comIf I wake up and touch my phone, I’ve already lost hours. Not because I’m browsing social media for hours, but because the mind has already been agitated, made unquiet, and the context switch back into thoughtfulness can take the whole morning. In other words, the addict part of my brain takes over and contaminates my ability to be contemplative. I... See more
Craig Mod • Offscreen Magazine Interview
