Daily writing prompt

How do you use social media?

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As little as possible. I text and email people when I need to, I don’t have Instagram or TikTok or anything of that nature. I do occasionally look at videos on YouTube, mostly music but a couple of politics-related ones.

By and large, I refuse to go down the social media rabbit hole– partly because I’m of a particular age and it doesn’t interest me, but mostly because it can be such a huge waste of time and energy. I prefer to frustrate the algorithms, or just ignore them. They’re probably not meant for me, anyway.

There’s such freedom in simply putting the phone down. It can be an act of rebellion or sheer will, or at least a bit of respite from the noise.

Daily writing prompt

How do you use social media?

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As infrequently as possible, except for the texting app that came with my phone– if that’s even considered social media. I started a Facebook page a number of years ago, but am not sure why. It’s hardly ever used, except for checking what comes in via email notifications. My Instagram account is probably inactive, since I started that way back in its infancy and have never used it. As for X and Tik-Tok, just No.

I’m not sure how WordPress fits in. I’m engaged here pretty much every day, though there’s not much back-and-forth.