You know, I created a Mastodon account some time ago, I never used it too much. I started logging into my account more often this year and I kinda feel super overwhelmed by the feed / timeline. Even after I did a review of who I was following, making it a very succinct list.
But, honestly, it's been repelling me. I'm trying to process what it is, and I think it has to do with the "Twitter-like" format. It's too scattered, it's too noisy, too random. So I guess these micro-blogging formats are not for me anymore.
I prefer something like read.write.as or M.p. I still have to try out ^C IRC.
Take care!
tffb
hey ND,
Yes, a stop in at M.p per day or/and an entry on write.as/loghead can be ok, but the microblog "Always Keep Up" method of being online is draining. There's always a little status to see, or "boost" to see, or whatever, but I, personally, cannot keep up with any of them anymore. With FOMO, the Fear is illogical to start with, but the Missing Out is the *entire point* (in my eyes) of leaving a social media platform. I've been "missing out" (unequivocally for the better - blissful ignorance) since late-2019, and I intend to keep it that way.
hope you're good
noisydeadlines
yeah, I think you nailed it: the "Always Keep Up" method of being online is extremely draining. In these types of social media platforms everything is too immediate, it inherently generates FOMO because it creates the illusion that interesting things are happening all the time. In reality, most of the information in there is irrelevant...
thanks for the thoughts!