I realised that I was spending a lot of non-productive time on the 'social' aspects of Flickr - essentially commenting on other people's pictures to get views o

I realised that I was spending a lot of non-productive time on the 'social' aspects of Flickr - essentially commenting on other people's pictures to get views on my own. This effort had essentially zero useful payback in the real world and is prime reason for not moving to (and paying for) SmugMug or other portfolio sites. My dislike of the panopticon / surveillance capitalism means that I haven't attempted to move to the other obvious social media platforms (Instagram, Pinterest, etc). So, I am still taking photographs, but have no desire to share them with others and get into the inevitable competitive desire to get 'best picture'. My 600k views and several Flickr explores (several years ago) have cured me of that itch.