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~tffb

hey ND,

Yes, a stop in at M.p per day or/and an entry on write.as/loghead can be ok, but the microblog "Always Keep Up" method of being online is draining. There's always a little status to see, or "boost" to see, or whatever, but I, personally, cannot keep up with any of them anymore. With FOMO, the Fear is illogical to start with, but the Missing Out is the *entire point* (in my eyes) of leaving a social media platform. I've been "missing out" (unequivocally for the better - blissful ignorance) since late-2019, and I intend to keep it that way.

hope you're good

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~noisydeadlines wrote (thread):

yeah, I think you nailed it: the "Always Keep Up" method of being online is extremely draining. In these types of social media platforms everything is too immediate, it inherently generates FOMO because it creates the illusion that interesting things are happening all the time. In reality, most of the information in there is irrelevant...

thanks for the thoughts!