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hello :) itās been a while since iāve used this app. i decided to log back in b/c i just deactivated my social media accounts. with the tik-tok ban coming up, i made the decision to not only delete tik-tok but also twitter. fuck zuck and elon. itās disappointing to leave behind the pockets on the internet that i considered my community.
i didnāt deactivate my insta b/c i have a ton of memories from there. iāve been posting on insta since the 8th grade haha. so thereās a ton of sentimental stuff on there. the app is deleted from my phone and i privated it. itāll now be like a museum/archive since i wonāt use it.
iām not anti social media myself, i love the community aspect of social media and sharing my interests with like minded individuals. hence why i returned to this app. iāll prob post a lot more on here (or not) iāll see. but iām honestly getting sick of tech bros ruining things for everyone else :/
Jan 19, 2025
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i deleted instagram like three years ago. intermittently on tiktok (like two-day binges every six months). no twitter and nothing else. i love this little app because it succeeds where all the others fail now: in building community. thatās everything IMO. i feel so free everyday and canāt imagine having mainstream social media anymore, between the ads, the people i donāt care about, the pressure, and the whole ickiness of it.
5d ago
I havenāt been on Twitter for years and hardly touch FB, but I had been an active user on Instagram since 2012. I really like taking and sharing photos, and that had always been a fun place to do it.
No more.
With the changes the content moderation changes theyāre making, leaving LGBTQ+ folks vulnerable to be targeted; their rolling back of DEI programs; their willing participation in far-right rhetoric and politics; itās all too much and Iām out.
As if Metaās platform hadnāt already been increasingly enshittified, this was the final straw to announce how much worse it will get.
And you know what? It feels freeing. Better to leave it behind and find new platforms to connect with people.
Jan 22, 2025
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itās the only social media app I have/use out of the big ones (twitter, tik tok, ig, facebook?) and I didnāt even notice it was gone, I was in hiding but saw more people than ever before and traveled more than before or after. Seeing people by chance I used to know from online in person made connections stronger. hard to describe the feeling but it felt so good need to do it again even though I barely use it now
Jun 1, 2024
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āThis, too, was myself. It seemed natural and human.ā - Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson
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I saw this post and it made me pause and think. Hmmā¦ how would I answer that question
Mar 15, 2025
One of my colleagues brought King cake today and I got to try some for the first time. I have to say it tasted pretty good (I wanted to go back for more š).
She then told me about the plastic baby baked inside the cake, and that whoever finds it gets good luck.
I didnāt expect to be the one to find it haha. How cool is that! First time eating it and I get the baby. It really made me day hehe.
I looked it up and the little baby is called a fĆØve.
Mar 4, 2025