Social Media Escape Club
Are we going to keep compromising ourselves to cater for an ever-decreasing attention span?
I’m Saying BYE to 100K Instagram Followers
If you’re just posting and platforming because you feel like you should , then the point is to help tech billionaires buy more super yachts.
Courtney Romano • Hey Coco: Am I undisciplined?
Creator platforms algorithmically incentivize us to create at the pace Wall Street and the market demand. This is why we’re pushed to create more and more. Not because our audiences are asking for it. Not because the world needs more of what we have to say. Because we as artists, the platforms, and their investors desire, to varying degrees,... See more
The artist and the inner retreat
To feel sexy, we need risk and spontaneity. Our phones kill both.
Catherine Shannon • Your Phone Is Why You Don't Feel Sexy
“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
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.
Five wholesome, algorithm-free tips for cultivating a rich(er) social life
The 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
“The internet, as we have known it, has evolved from a quaint, quirky place to a social utopia, and then to an algorithmic reality. In this reality, the primary task of these platforms is not about idealism or even entertainment — it is about extracting as much revenue as possible from human vanity, avarice, and narcissism.”