Ancestors

Written by Amin Hollon 🏳 on 2025-01-20 at 16:40

Hey, everyone! I'm back from my break from Fedi.

To start things off, here's a blog post in which I rethink my relationship with social media given my experience in this week without it:

https://benjaminhollon.com/musings/thoughts-on-social-media/

I'll be back later, once I've gotten some work done.

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Toot

Written by sotolf on 2025-01-20 at 16:56

@amin

I have a little point on the always online point that you mentioned in your post, not sure if it applies to you, but I have some ways that I've used to get around that thing. I think one way that the fediverse is actually quite good is that it's not expected that a person is always available, in contrast to chats like discord, matrix, signal etc. Which is why I avoid places like that.

I also have a weird way of tackling the always online thing, but it works for me, so hey! :p I don't have data for my phone, so the only times that I really can be online is when I'm in wifi range. This also means that I predownload things and have them on my phone, things like music, youtube videos, podcasts and the like, I all have them downloaded on my phone. So that I have stuff to procratrinate with, but I'm not online. The funny thing that knowing that anything I have there can wait, there is no need for me to go grab it now™ really has been slowly training me to avoid my phone unless I really want to do something on it.

In addition I have silenced almost anything on my phone, so nothing can give me warnings, anything that happens will have to wait until I take the time to look at the phone.

Not sure if that is helpful to you in any way, but that's the way that I have found works for me, that way I actually can keep having stuff like social media, but not having it eating up my time.

It also helps quite a bit that I have gotten into a habit of mostly grabbing my e-book if I'm seeking entertainment, because I kind of think that going for SoMe when your mind kind of craves entertainment ends up in weird places some times.

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Descendants

Written by Amin Hollon 🏳 on 2025-01-20 at 17:06

@sotolf

Good thoughts!

While I agree with you that fedi is less "you must respond now" than instant messaging, instant messaging in some cases is easier to let pile up for a few days if you know you won't be around and let people know. With fedi, the posts you've missed, you're not likely gonna see again unless you go hunting. (Hence the "ephemerality" point you mentioned.)

I'm gonna experiment with that and see if I can come up with a mix that works for me.

I do need to get back in the habit of grabbing a book instead of social media, that's something I've fallen out of practice in.

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