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when vampires are knocking at everyones front door , a sizeable proportion of the populace will be vampirized , such that any barricades to your domicile will be inevitably breached
You have to welcome vampires in.
My rule for 2026 is to limit short-form media. No Twitter/X, no Bluesky, no Mastodon, no Instagram, no TikTok. If it is designed to be short-form (limited characters, quick videos) then it is not for me in 2026. I had already avoided short-form video but I added short-form text this year.
I stopped watching short form content last year. I’m not on instagram/X etc, only on YouTube. My only annoyance is that YouTube still insists on shoving them in my face on the app homepage even though I don’t watch them. It just requires a modicum of willpower now not to click and go down the rabbit hole, which I’ll occasionally fail at.
I've tried completely quitting, but I'm not very social irl and would get lonely eventually, so this controlled dose of interaction is what works for me.
I quit (deleted accounts) all social media 5 years ago (before reels and short form media entered) and LinkedIn a year ago. This whole 'there is value in comments and DMs and connections for jobs' is the hook basically. I considered whether it was worth it. The answer for probably most people is 'No'. Here is something I noticed: More present in the real world (no more head buried in the phone, neck feels better too)…
The best part to me is not mediating all experience through this filter of post worthiness.
I can remember anything I would learn or experience would be quickly interrupted by the thought of the possibility and worthiness of sharing what I just learned or experienced.
I would be lying if I said I am not more disconnected from people than I would be otherwise but social media gives me a form of a learning disability because of the post worthiness filter.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I stopped watching short form content last year. I’m not on instagram/X etc, only on YouTube. My only annoyance is that YouTube still insists on shoving them in my face on the app homepage even though I don’t watch them. It just requires a modicum of willpower now not to click and go down the rabbit hole, which I’ll occasionally fail at.
I blocked them from my suggestions page with ublock origin
This bothers me, feels like linkedIn is setup more in a way to take advantage of that potential bargain.
My rule for 2026 is to limit short-form media. No Twitter/X, no Bluesky, no Mastodon, no Instagram, no TikTok. If it is designed to be short-form (limited characters, quick videos) then it is not for me in 2026. I had already avoided short-form video but I added short-form text this year.
I stopped watching short form content last year. I’m not on instagram/X etc, only on YouTube. My only annoyance is that YouTube still insists on shoving them in my face on the app homepage even though I don’t watch them. It just requires a modicum of willpower now not to click and go down the rabbit hole, which I’ll occasionally fail at.