Social media

I have been 'On Social Media' for many years, but perhaps it's time to move on with my life.

I started blogging.. 20+ years ago?  It was an outlet, a place for my voice.  

Then I went on Facebook, 15 years ago?  I had friends there.  We could talk, and keep up with each other.  You know, social stuff.  I've been off and on FB ever since.

Then I tried Twitter, but that rapidly turned into a heavily biased and heavily censored craphole so I gave it up.

Then Musk bought Twitter, turned it into X, and got rid of 'most' of the mind-numbing censorship and blatant bias, so I went back to X for a while.

Now I'm finding all social media to be lacking in 'Social'.  FB has retreated to a biased shithole full of ads, AI, and lies. 80% of my feed is NOT people I follow or anything I wish to see, and Facebook leaves me no input into that.

X is equally full of AI, lies, negativity, and targeted bullshit, just with less censorship or institutional bias.

Blogging is still what it was, for now, but blogging itself is from the past.  It's audience is tiny, and rarely communicates any more.

What is left?  What is worth my time?  Damn little it seems.

I've taken X and FB off my phone.  They no longer have a place in my bookmarks either.  It's time to walk from that garbage.