such a great post TJ. I'm happy I dumped Twitter, Facebook, Insta a while back. Wish more people and artists would stop giving Zuck and Musk (and Eck) their data and creative work. But I also get that it is difficult for those making a living with art to delete accounts they've spent years building a community with, as bad as they are. If it's your major way to communicate with your fans, then it seems artists are fearful (rightly so) that no one will stray from a platform page to an artist specific site they've built and own, out there on its own. And I guess the answer to that is that they must not really be fans if they won't do that. Not trying to make any judgement with these comments, but it is a bummer that so many great artists I'm sure believe that Zuck/Eck etc are evil, but still feel like they can't just cut the cord. But in the end I agree, we all should dump them.
Reading a book that I think relates to this topic, The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, & Hyper-Persuasion by Rebecca Lemov.
Glad to hear from you Todd. I agree and think that fear of the unknown is what keeps a lot of people tethered to these toxic digital communities. But what I, you, and everyone I've spoken with has discovered is just how much better we feel away from them. And what I'm positive of is that, in the optimistic case of their disintegration, we WILL find other ways to commune and communicate—we always have.
Love a good book recommendation, I will check this one out.
such a great post TJ. I'm happy I dumped Twitter, Facebook, Insta a while back. Wish more people and artists would stop giving Zuck and Musk (and Eck) their data and creative work. But I also get that it is difficult for those making a living with art to delete accounts they've spent years building a community with, as bad as they are. If it's your major way to communicate with your fans, then it seems artists are fearful (rightly so) that no one will stray from a platform page to an artist specific site they've built and own, out there on its own. And I guess the answer to that is that they must not really be fans if they won't do that. Not trying to make any judgement with these comments, but it is a bummer that so many great artists I'm sure believe that Zuck/Eck etc are evil, but still feel like they can't just cut the cord. But in the end I agree, we all should dump them.
Reading a book that I think relates to this topic, The Instability of Truth: Brainwashing, Mind Control, & Hyper-Persuasion by Rebecca Lemov.
Glad to hear from you Todd. I agree and think that fear of the unknown is what keeps a lot of people tethered to these toxic digital communities. But what I, you, and everyone I've spoken with has discovered is just how much better we feel away from them. And what I'm positive of is that, in the optimistic case of their disintegration, we WILL find other ways to commune and communicate—we always have.
Love a good book recommendation, I will check this one out.