Social Media Escape Club
Online is meant to aid in our reality, not be it
Lisa Kholostenko • How to Rebel Against Modern Times
Threads is still a loss leader for Meta financially, though it can certainly afford to fund it indefinitely. Internally, I’m told execs are thinking about turning on ads in Threads sometime next year, though the exact plan is still up in the air.
Alex Heath • Threads hits 175 million users after a year
The enshittification happens like clock work.
Threads is adding view counts. This is probably a good place to put that my Threads referral traffic has completely cratered, as I knew it would. The decision to show view counts is, I assume, part of the typical Meta tactic to get people to care more about on-site engagement that any kind of real traffic.
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When I was acting, some of the BEST advice I ever got was from a choreographer who told me, "Courtney, you're working too hard. Let the audience come to you." I leaned back, and the scene started working. I think it's a similar thing to Paul Rudd showing that clip. He didn't have to push, in fact, he let the line go a little bit slack. And then we,... See more
Seth Werkheiser • Courtney Romano on SOCIAL MEDIA ESCAPE CLUB
via Courtney Romano
“You absolutely do not have to be online. Do you know how many people still thrive in the real world? I speak to so many authors and artists who make so many more sales in the real world.”
Amie McNee
https://amiemcnee.substack.com/p/i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-not-a-content
You don’t need to be showing up everywhere. Nor do you need to be showing up all the time.