Explaining Myself.
Done With the Social in 'Social Media'
06/27/2026
That's it, I'm out. I'm done with social media because social media is done with me. Meaning, everyone really.
What's worse is that everyone but me seems to have already concluded this a long time ago. Meta for example is coasting on the "idea" that it is some social hub for your friends and family, but it hasn't been for a good many years. And for that matter they are proud of their trajectory away from.
Let me explain.The large social platforms wrecked it for themselves because they needed to grow. The mandate for growth meant futzing around with algorithms and the re-constitution of what a newsfeed is exactly. And what it is it turns out to have nothing to do with a profitless chronological ticker of what your connections are doing. There's no money - or at least enough of it - in that. And for that matter, ironically because of this doom loop, there's no people in it either.
To be sure, Facebook and the Xes of the world as they are have their place. I'm not deleting any accounts just yet. Meta Facebook is still a rich engagement hub for groups, news, and drama commentary. And it has become a great publishing platform for brands and businesses that for some reason can't trust an HTML WWW website to represent them. Without overtly stating as much, it's become great for just about everything except an efficient clutter free way to keep up with specific individuals you care about. That seems to have been replaced by private group chats using straight up text messaging apps. If you aren't in any, you're either old, a loser, or, if like me, both.
So I'm moving my impulse publishing to BlueSky and working harder to re-affirm this platform, one I wrote many years ago before AI and the vibe.
"But who will see what I post?", one may ask. Sadly, the answer is increasingly no more or no less than that if I stuck with Meta, X, or my PornHub Community (wonder on). My goal if I must be seen by randos at large will be to simply become genuinely interesting, achieved, relevant, or whatever. I will make that the challenge if I wind up caring or in pure happestance.
As for BlueSky, it is an open protocol (and a much easier to grasp version of one over Mastodon at that) operated as a "public benefit company" -- something that should shield it from the destructive perverted force of capitalism. A force that has all but nearly destroyed the utility of the greatest network ever invented.
Most recently BlueSky has continued their build-out with the ability to go live which will be important for a later project I am envisioning. When they launch their tier service later this year as anticipated, I'll sign up. But I won't be doing it expecting a social media experience. I'll be doing it for the service of impulse publishing on a singular and technically competent hosting platform.
In making this great declaration I have a lot of editing on this site to align with the change. In the meantime download BlueSky here. And for that matter consider joining yourself and let me know. For other information on following via this blog and in general me check out my follow page.
By Dave for Personal Blog.
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