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itsphoebemarieIt's hard to even remember my blogging days, even though those days lasted for years, if not decades... starting out on Blurty because I couldn't afford LiveJournal. Upgrading to LiveJournal when I finally had a reasonable job and a wee amount of extra income (I can't even remember what it cost, but at the time it seemed next to impossible...). Being excited that MySpace had a built in blog feature that felt like I was combining LJ and Friendster into one magical space. Moving on to various Blogspot addresses. And then just... stopping.
As friends and acquaintances alike start to depart the mainstream socials, I guess I've gone sort of introspective about my life on the internet. Do I want to leave Instagram? I "left" Facebook, insofar as I almost never log into it anymore, don't have it on my phone, and feel lost whenever I do go there to check in on something or other. If I were to leave Instagram, it would be in the same manner. I can't see myself deleting it at this point - I have too many important connections there. But would I love to be less ATTACHED to it? God yes. Especially considering the fact that I have hundreds of "friends" on there, but most of what I see is memes, politics, ads, and suggested bullshit from people I don't know.
I signed up for BlueSky, because that's where the kids seem to be headed now. And I landed here, literally because ONE person I love who left IG is here, because I don't care for SubStack, and because, while I barely remember LJ, I've been told "this is just like it".
So here I am. I don't know if I'll write a lot. Honestly, with as much as I used to enjoy it, I feel like it's not REALLY how I personally want to spend my extremely limited free time either. But I'm here. And I guess we'll see what happens.
As friends and acquaintances alike start to depart the mainstream socials, I guess I've gone sort of introspective about my life on the internet. Do I want to leave Instagram? I "left" Facebook, insofar as I almost never log into it anymore, don't have it on my phone, and feel lost whenever I do go there to check in on something or other. If I were to leave Instagram, it would be in the same manner. I can't see myself deleting it at this point - I have too many important connections there. But would I love to be less ATTACHED to it? God yes. Especially considering the fact that I have hundreds of "friends" on there, but most of what I see is memes, politics, ads, and suggested bullshit from people I don't know.
I signed up for BlueSky, because that's where the kids seem to be headed now. And I landed here, literally because ONE person I love who left IG is here, because I don't care for SubStack, and because, while I barely remember LJ, I've been told "this is just like it".
So here I am. I don't know if I'll write a lot. Honestly, with as much as I used to enjoy it, I feel like it's not REALLY how I personally want to spend my extremely limited free time either. But I'm here. And I guess we'll see what happens.
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