I joined the Fediverse a year ago today, deactivating the bird a couple weeks later, and my relationship with social media has improved significantly over that time.
I checked in on the other space several times before allowing my accounts to be permanently deleted earlier this year, and it felt like a fever dream.
I wish more people realized that social media (er, networking) doesn't have to be that way. Bluesky, Threads, etc still miss the boat.
Paul Knightly, PhD /
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2023-10-29 11:13:04
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2023-10-29 11:13:04Event JSON
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