Lockout

I have cut down my social media significantly over the past few years. I keep Facebook for the Messenger and Marketplace feature, but go to the site a few times a year now, and am perpetually amazed at how empty and terrible it is. I never had Instagram, bar a two week-trial, and I delete Reddit after seeing it suck too much of my time.

The last remaining services are X and LinkedIn. Sadly LinkedIn isn’t something I am rich enough to delete, but it sucks, so I never visit it. However, X has reached its digital tentacles into my brain, and I don’t like it.

I have decided to take a 30 day break from it, because it really is a terrible habit, and I don’t think I get nearly as much out of it as I thought I did. Yes, there is some breaking tech and AI news, but I am sure there is a newsletter or two I could subscribe to that would solve that one particular use case for me. Any recommendations, please send them through.

Au revoir Mr Musk, I don’t think I’ll be missed.