Roni Laukkarinen on Nostr: I get asked very often "how do you keep up with all the posts because you follow ...

I get asked very often "how do you keep up with all the posts because you follow thousands of people?"

Well, I don't. And you shouldn't either. It's a general misconception that you should always be up to speed with the world.

Nobody can keep up with anything online. And we are not supposed to. If my mom calls me or I receive a traditional letter by mail, that's something I can keep up with. Not feeds or stories online. That is not the place of FOMO, every nanosecond we miss something.

I try to live in the present, I check my social media whenever I feel like it. I add the core folks to a list, but I don't try to keep up with them either. It's life.

This doesn't mean you shouldn't follow people or the followed folks don't matter. On the contrary. I follow anything or anyone that I show even tiniest bit of interest, that's the best way to make my feed most alive.

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