Rebecca Toh: small unknown complex life:
You can have a good experience on social media if you are very intentional and mindful. There are accounts I really enjoy on social media and I have found a lot of inspiration there. But I still believe the corrosive effects of social media outweigh its good, because I know for a fact that social media apps CAN be re-designed to be less addictive and less manipulative, and they are not because of the ultra-capitalistic world we live in. I’m not sure who or what I’m angry at or if it’s even anger I feel. Maybe it’s sadness instead.
All that to say, it’s easier to breathe and write here. The energy here is so much cleaner.
Rebecca’s blog has always been one of the saner places on the internet, and I’m glad that there are still independent sites where one can still experience the quiet web. Rebecca also links to ooh.directory, an actual old-school blog directory, just like in the early days of the web.
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