Saturday Social – Oct. 2, 2021 Edition

This week I want to update my experience on the newest-to-me platform I started using, and do an update on what’s going on and where I am in my quest for an online social life that replaces Big Social Media in my life. For those who need to catch up, I left Big Social Media …
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Monday Musings – Sept. 13, 2021 Edition: Alternatives

It’s no secret that I’ve been working my way away from Big Tech over the last couple of years. I’ve given up Facebook and Instagram and YouTube and Twitter so far. And when I say “given up” I mean I have stopped providing content on those platforms. I also have deleted my accounts on Facebook …
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Social Media: Its Role In My Life, pt. I

I’ve been involved in social media before it was called that, starting in the 80’s on one of those 300 baud cradle modems to find “evidence of life” as I thought of it, then CompuServe, local BBSes, then the IRC. Social media has become something that nobody could have dreamed of 30+ years ago! And …
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