Saturday Social – Nov. 20, 2021 Edition

I haven’t done a Saturday Social post in a while, because really nothing has changed. I’ve got my hands full with the platforms I’m currently using and enjoying, and really don’t care to add any more; my online time is limited of course, as is the case for all of us who have lives outside …
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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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Saturday Social – Sept. 4, 2021 Edition

This will be my last update of my social media activity for a while, since I don’t plan to make any more changes at this time. Always check MY ONLINE HANGOUTS, below the chat box, for current activity. It was 2019 when I decided to get away from Big Tech and use alternative platforms for …
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Saturday Social – Aug. 21, 2021 Edition

My Thoughts On Signal…More Mastodon Madness…Still Trapped in Pocketnet…Good Bye Telegram…Update Coming Soon! Last week I didn’t do a Saturday Social post, I don’t recall why, or what I was doing that prevented me from doing it. But here are my latest social media experiences, with my thoughts. I will be dropping Signal, which I …
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Saturday Social – July 24, 2021 Edition

First: GET ME OUT OF POCKETNET!!! ?I joined it, enjoyed it – a LOT – for a while, then it all became about earning coins, ratings, and other record-keeping and earnings oriented. I get what they’re doing, and what they’re trying to create there. But it’s not what I want. And I have combed through …
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Saturday Social – March 27, 2021 Edition

This is a new regular post where I talk about the social media platforms I use as well as some thoughts about social media in general. In addition, I hope that the owners/admins of some of these sites will comment on my thoughts and polite, respectful comments from any users are welcome! This week I …
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More Social Media Changes

As I continue to dig myself out from under the influence and dependence on Big Tech I’ve been making changes to how I do social media, as you know if you’ve been here for a while. In short, the first change was to make this blog the hub of my online social life with the …
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Another Social Media Shake-Up!

I’ll make this short and sweet. I was on Mewe a couple of years ago, soon after it started, and it was ok except that hardly anybody used it. A few days ago I wanted to get involved in a ukulele group again (as I had been on FB) so decided to see if Mewe …
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My Mastodon Experience

As promised, here is the first of my Social Media Revisited posts. I’ve been using Mastodon for a couple of months now, and it has quickly become my very favorite place to go online. There are a number of “how to” posts and articles out there already, some of which I will link at the …
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Mastodon Heartbreak

Here is a sad, sad tale… When I joined Mastodon I linked my account with the instance called theres.life. I followed a few people and had some lovely discussions and really enjoyed the posts there. Of course I was also reading posts from other instances, and interacting with other people, but I was known as …
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