I stopped virtually all social media (except commenting on YouTube videos and telling people they're wrong in HN comments) years ago. No twitter, no mastadon, no bsky, no facebook. I keep hearing myspace is going to re-launch and I would consider getting an account there for the purposes of irony.

But... instead of tweeting for an hour a day, I spend that hour reading long form dead tree format texts. I'm not saying this is what you should do, just offering it as an observation that it is an option.

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sailfast an hour ago | parent | next [-]

It’s all fine until the entire community you’re trying to participate in decides Twitter is the place to post things.

ahem

Would be great if we maybe chose someplace else to do this as a community… but I guess the eyeballs are there and that’s what is valuable to the folks posting.

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commandlinefan an hour ago | parent [-]

I live in an HOA. The only place they post information (like when trash pickup schedules change) is on Facebook.

	▲	neuronsong 37 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Our HOA is forced to use an email mailing list. Enough older people who don't use facebook... and now younger people who refuse. Maybe ask for a show of hands at the next meeting. Sentiments can change overnight. Especially with the meta stuff happening at the moment.

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SaltyBackendGuy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same. My last vice is Reddit, which I really need to quit.

	▲	stvltvs 27 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I boycotted with the API nonsense a few years ago and noticed I didn't miss it that much. Haven't really been back since. When a web search leads me back, it seems to have gone downhill with lots of low effort and bot-ish posts.
	▲	nickburns 3 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		[delayed]

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freewilly23 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

yeah i have been doing the same for a few months now.. deleted all social media accounts and blocked sites like reddit, twitter etc., so i don't get into the trap of 'only quickly checking'. hn is the only social media site i still visit.

it's done wonders for my mental.

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ttoinou an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Somebody should relaunch that dead tree format into a new tree format

	▲	contravariant an hour ago \| parent [-]
		No need, it's like emacs, it has a stable cult following that keeps the whole thing going even as alternatives come and go.

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mvdwoord 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You are so awesome for that.