Thanks Mark! It’s gone well in some respects and I think on the whole, although that’s with a lot of personal curation of online space (ie muting crazy family).
Yup. Everything you said. I'm probably a bit of a hermit when it comes to social media. I began moving toard the exit as soon as Lex Luthor (great image, that one, Bryn!) Started his move to recage the little bird. I releasd myself hours after the takeover, a bit before the slurs washed in. Thank goodness. I looked at Mastodon, but no commitment yet. It's nice to be released from being "sociable" in a digital way. Too bad we don't have a fire to gather around, roast some hot dogs, make some stores. Enjoy each other's presences and voices. IRL. A fine post, Bryn. Lucidly crafted.
Thanks so much, Mark. Online is great for bringing us together from a distance, but then I wish we could have a fire IRL to gather round, have a sociable, have chats.
I’m largely in agreement too. What a weird ride it’s been, and here we are in Substack on another ride. It’s really good for now--the kinds of conversations I want to be having--but will the thirst for new features and growth distort this place too? Past evidence says yes. I’ll join you guys by the fire ...
Agree 100% Bryn! The 2006-2011 era of social media was exciting but now it's like a dying shopping mall. Glad we've got Substack at least, for whatever this next generation of social media will be.
I'm going to have to hold onto this piece to share with a piece I'm working on related to social media. I'm afraid to leave FB because it is where I stay connected to family and friends across the miles and years, but then it has also been a toxic place for years. I love Twitter because it has opened my world and perspective and helped me find my people through the process of faith deconstruction. And thanks to algorithms (grrr) I can't get followers to see my tweets about moving over to follow me on Substack. I don't know what I'll do, but I don't want to lose the value that social media has added to my life, even if that value has diminished over the last seven years.
This is exactly how I feel. Whatever’s next isn’t out there yet, and I’m good with waiting to see how this all shakes out.
Thoughtful post, it's good to see that your professional and personal worlds have both thrived via social media.
Thanks Mark! It’s gone well in some respects and I think on the whole, although that’s with a lot of personal curation of online space (ie muting crazy family).
A very worthy kind of muting... :)
Yup. Everything you said. I'm probably a bit of a hermit when it comes to social media. I began moving toard the exit as soon as Lex Luthor (great image, that one, Bryn!) Started his move to recage the little bird. I releasd myself hours after the takeover, a bit before the slurs washed in. Thank goodness. I looked at Mastodon, but no commitment yet. It's nice to be released from being "sociable" in a digital way. Too bad we don't have a fire to gather around, roast some hot dogs, make some stores. Enjoy each other's presences and voices. IRL. A fine post, Bryn. Lucidly crafted.
Thanks so much, Mark. Online is great for bringing us together from a distance, but then I wish we could have a fire IRL to gather round, have a sociable, have chats.
I’m largely in agreement too. What a weird ride it’s been, and here we are in Substack on another ride. It’s really good for now--the kinds of conversations I want to be having--but will the thirst for new features and growth distort this place too? Past evidence says yes. I’ll join you guys by the fire ...
Thanks, Tom. We have a seat by the fire for you on here as long as this platform withstands the next wave 😅 A strange ride indeed!
Agree 100% Bryn! The 2006-2011 era of social media was exciting but now it's like a dying shopping mall. Glad we've got Substack at least, for whatever this next generation of social media will be.
Thanks Joe, so true and what a great analogy - Twitter is fast becoming the mall of the 80s (minus the soft pretzel stand and photo booth).
I'm going to have to hold onto this piece to share with a piece I'm working on related to social media. I'm afraid to leave FB because it is where I stay connected to family and friends across the miles and years, but then it has also been a toxic place for years. I love Twitter because it has opened my world and perspective and helped me find my people through the process of faith deconstruction. And thanks to algorithms (grrr) I can't get followers to see my tweets about moving over to follow me on Substack. I don't know what I'll do, but I don't want to lose the value that social media has added to my life, even if that value has diminished over the last seven years.