In the "old dog learning new tricks dept." after being an early FB adopter and only recently IG and now a reader on Substack, feel that the connections are still worth it and am loathe to move and relearn yet another platform.
At some point wish there would be an EASY option to delete stored content to lessen the carbon footprint it all takes after hearing data storage is already 10% of OR's energy usage. Argh.
thank you. this summed up so many thoughts i’ve had on it. you’re not alone and it was refreshing to read. i too have been taking up my handwritten journals again and enjoying the silence. i find it disconcerting realizing i’d forgotten how freely i created before all of this. most especially for being reluctant to ever use social media in the first place. i feel like the arts could really benefit from this shakeup. where it originally was a great resource to be independent it transformed in ways that, for me at least, did the exact opposite.
This is great! I appreciate your in-depth look. I’ve been wanting to leave Meta for a long time and started a postcard newsletter but people aren’t flocking to it. I’m not sure if it’s the carbon footprint or the understanding that it costs me money to send which might only be appealing to people who feel certain they will make a purchase from me. I wanted to try it out as it seemed the most fun way to share my art :) since art isn’t my livelihood I felt that seemed like reasonable criteria. I will be interested to see where you land!
I have definitely been less happy with my time on the socials. The internet in general, really. And all the tech that listens in on your conversations and tracks what you watch and do just to target you with more specific ads. . . . And just all of it really. I've thought about leaning into Substack more since I have that set up. I've thought about trying Bluesky. But do I really want to do that? I feel like I'm getting old and wanting to get back to a more analog time. Not completely analog, of course. Just more than now. Don't know.
So well thought out, thanks for sharing.
In the "old dog learning new tricks dept." after being an early FB adopter and only recently IG and now a reader on Substack, feel that the connections are still worth it and am loathe to move and relearn yet another platform.
At some point wish there would be an EASY option to delete stored content to lessen the carbon footprint it all takes after hearing data storage is already 10% of OR's energy usage. Argh.
Great point about data storage! More food for thought.
thank you. this summed up so many thoughts i’ve had on it. you’re not alone and it was refreshing to read. i too have been taking up my handwritten journals again and enjoying the silence. i find it disconcerting realizing i’d forgotten how freely i created before all of this. most especially for being reluctant to ever use social media in the first place. i feel like the arts could really benefit from this shakeup. where it originally was a great resource to be independent it transformed in ways that, for me at least, did the exact opposite.
This is great! I appreciate your in-depth look. I’ve been wanting to leave Meta for a long time and started a postcard newsletter but people aren’t flocking to it. I’m not sure if it’s the carbon footprint or the understanding that it costs me money to send which might only be appealing to people who feel certain they will make a purchase from me. I wanted to try it out as it seemed the most fun way to share my art :) since art isn’t my livelihood I felt that seemed like reasonable criteria. I will be interested to see where you land!
I love your postcard newsletter idea! I think it’s beautiful and just needs some time to catch on.
I have definitely been less happy with my time on the socials. The internet in general, really. And all the tech that listens in on your conversations and tracks what you watch and do just to target you with more specific ads. . . . And just all of it really. I've thought about leaning into Substack more since I have that set up. I've thought about trying Bluesky. But do I really want to do that? I feel like I'm getting old and wanting to get back to a more analog time. Not completely analog, of course. Just more than now. Don't know.