What social media do you use?

[Yuvi]

Alright here we go!
currently the only (traditional) social media i use is Reddit and Bluesky. i consume content on youtube and occasionally post stuff but that feels more like an archive than a social platform to me. ill also mention that i use discord since others here have, but i dont count that as a social media in my head.

ill only mention the socials i have any kinda history with:

Instagram: left it a while ago and made a lengthy as hell blog post explaining why i did so. i used it a lot to keep up with friends, but then decided to try do that in other ways since the mental drain and privacy cons began to outweigh the pros for me. it felt bittersweet to leave, but i thought it was the right thing to do.

Twitter: used it frequently, decided it was bad for me, deleted my account and made a new one and curated it just for fanart, discovered bluesky and left.

Reddit: i like fourms so i use it frequently, i try to use privacy frontends on web but dont like that i cant interact with posts that way, thats a privacy sacrifice im more willing to make than meta's

pintrest: litterally only use it on my pc (with a bunch of tracker blockers) for images for my website.

bluesky: twitter repalcement for me. i love how it doesnt feel like its algo is forcing me to stay and consume content all the time. when im done im done.

Cara: recently discoverd and dont use as much but it has a lotta cool art.

[wolfkitty42]

Right now, I feel like a lot of my social media use has been dwindling... I use YouTube pretty regularly. I also use discord, mainly 2 chat with IRL friends, my partner, or occasionally interact in one fandom server. I used 2 be a lot more active and use Discord much more.

I also used 2 use Tumblr a lot. Similarly, it's basically dwindled down 2 just checking a tag whenever a comic I like updates.... So I think that's also an improvement.

I've seen a lot of publicity about the app Rednote lately. I'm not particularly interested in short form content and I find it addictive, so I think I'm mostly just visiting 4 a bit. I'm really curious about how having a digital space that encourages attaching translation to your posts will go. Even on platforms that support translation, I feel like most communities tend 2 stay within their own languages. In the short term I think we will see Mandarin 2 English translation improve a bit. In the long term, I'm curious about how this model 4 a community might work out (are there previous examples of similar communities? if so please inform me hahahaha). I'm also really enjoying seeing people share culture. It's fun and I'll probably hang out 4 long enough 2 see where therian content uploaded on the app goes.

[warlock]

I've been working to cut down my social media to nothing, or as close to nothing as I can possibly get. Instagram is really the only SocMed that I have anywhere, and I use that exclusively to keep connected with a few friends and my partner who still use the app. It's also stuck on my phone - I wasn't able to sign into the site on my computer, so it's still omnipresent (as much as it can be, anyway - I have it limited to 7 minutes of usage a day)

I still have a tumblr account with a couple blogs attached, but I really only sign into those once every few months to grab new wallpapers and look at new fanart for things that I love. Actually scrolling quickly makes me bitter and miserable, so I try to stay away from my feed entirely.

Other than that, it's mostly forums at this point! I've set up my Spacehey account to basically just be an RSS feed, and that's really it.

This has correlated with me cutting my phone down to be almost exclusively for basic phone functions, which has greatly improved my attempts to cancel out my proclivity to scroll mindlessly looking for something funny or interesting. I'd super recommend setting up screen time restrictions if you happen to be trying to cut down on app/site usage, it's great for weaning yourself off an app.