Back to the Land, Internet Style

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By Brendan O’Meara

It wasn’t THAT long ago that if you liked someone and you read their work, you’d bookmark their website and you’d manually check in to see if they’d written anything new.

Once upon a time, there were RSS Readers (I think it’s still a thing) where you’d plug in your favorite websites and it’d update the feed.

Point being, when you wanted to read your favorite blogger, you had to go door-to-door. The writer/content creator didn’t outsource their networking to social media sites whose only goal is to keep you stuck on their platforms. It seemed like a great way to share links … until it wasn’t. They lock you in and throw away the key.

It’s time to break out.

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Battery drain

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By Brendan O’Meara

I understand how tiresome it is when someone talks, talks, talks about social media use, the struggle of it, the do-we-really-need-it questions.

Over the years, you know my tendency is to rage against the algorithm. It’s my passion. I’ve deleted apps from my phone. Put them back on. Deleted certain accounts. You know the cycle; it’s the cycle of an addict.

A few weeks ago, I experienced a revelation regarding social media: It drains me. It makes me sluggish. I saps my motivation. It was a physical reaction.

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