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hunter

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1. DU is my only "social media" for a lot of reasons.

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2025, 03:25 PM

Jul 11

I don't think the algorithms and advertising of the large social media companies are making the world a better place.

I've gone quite a bit further than simply avoiding them, I've been actively excluding them from my personal universe for many years now.

Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams, rings true to me, by everything people working in these industries have told me.

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A writer ( Caroline Crampton) posts: "I'm Done With Social Media" and is blogging now (and not Substack) [View all] usonian Jul 11 OP

DU is my only "social media" for a lot of reasons. hunter Jul 11 #1

Can you imagine being former "director of public policy at Facebook?" usonian Jul 11 #2

The Attention Economy Akakoji Jul 22 #3