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You’re not powerless. Shut off the anxiety generators, and be the change you want in the world. I dumped Facebook & Twitter, and am reducing HN & other social m

You’re not powerless. Shut off the anxiety generators, and be the change you want in the world. I dumped Facebook & Twitter, and am reducing HN & other social media. Get news from proper objective sources, choose the category of media you consume (TownsendsPlus.com provides great reality checks), and otherwise choose the life you want to live - and live it.

makeworld 5y ago
And companies like this will continue on, making the world worse for everyone. Including you. This cannot be changed by changing yourself.
- ctdonath 5y ago
  I’m old enough to gave seen many such juggernauts collapse when enough individuals decided to change themselves.
  - getcrunk 5y ago
    Such as?
    - ctdonath 5y ago
      Smith-Corona was the #1 worldwide most recognized brand. I was contracting there when they shut down, as typewriter purchases practically ended (in favor of personal computers). Kodak was the name in photography, with few viable competitors. When I heard (internally) their 5-year plan to address the onset of digital photography, I knew they were doomed. Individual purchases of film cameras plummeted, favoring digital cameras, and thus individual choices ended chemical photography within months. Likewise hundreds of other corporate examples. Market-dominating businesses falter and fail, time and again, because individuals choose another option - LOTS of individuals. Every purchase & interaction is an individual choice. Comes a point when the juggernauts are no longer chosen by enough. I've been on social media since the days of dial-up BBSes. I watched AOL and CompuServe rise, seemingly steamrolling the digital world to dominance; then ... they vanished almost overnight. Likewise other media juggernauts (usenet, MySpace, Second Life, etc), unstoppable until individual users cumulatively decided to go elsewhere. "But Facebook/Twitter/etc are different!" No they're not. They're showing the same life cycle others did, albeit with a couple more digits in user count. They're showing the same cracks (over-moderation, boredom, "nobody goes there 'cuz it's too packed") as others have done. We're due for a new platform populated by mass migration of cumulative individuals. Ultimately, it's your choice. What life do you want to live? Sure it's easy to go with the crowd, and deviation may be difficult ... but the choice is yours. And theirs. Live the life you want, be true to yourself - and you may be surprised how many make the same choice, in part because you did.

makeworld 5y ago

And companies like this will continue on, making the world worse for everyone. Including you. This cannot be changed by changing yourself.

ctdonath 5y ago
I’m old enough to gave seen many such juggernauts collapse when enough individuals decided to change themselves.
- getcrunk 5y ago
  Such as?
  - ctdonath 5y ago
    Smith-Corona was the #1 worldwide most recognized brand. I was contracting there when they shut down, as typewriter purchases practically ended (in favor of personal computers). Kodak was the name in photography, with few viable competitors. When I heard (internally) their 5-year plan to address the onset of digital photography, I knew they were doomed. Individual purchases of film cameras plummeted, favoring digital cameras, and thus individual choices ended chemical photography within months. Likewise hundreds of other corporate examples. Market-dominating businesses falter and fail, time and again, because individuals choose another option - LOTS of individuals. Every purchase & interaction is an individual choice. Comes a point when the juggernauts are no longer chosen by enough. I've been on social media since the days of dial-up BBSes. I watched AOL and CompuServe rise, seemingly steamrolling the digital world to dominance; then ... they vanished almost overnight. Likewise other media juggernauts (usenet, MySpace, Second Life, etc), unstoppable until individual users cumulatively decided to go elsewhere. "But Facebook/Twitter/etc are different!" No they're not. They're showing the same life cycle others did, albeit with a couple more digits in user count. They're showing the same cracks (over-moderation, boredom, "nobody goes there 'cuz it's too packed") as others have done. We're due for a new platform populated by mass migration of cumulative individuals. Ultimately, it's your choice. What life do you want to live? Sure it's easy to go with the crowd, and deviation may be difficult ... but the choice is yours. And theirs. Live the life you want, be true to yourself - and you may be surprised how many make the same choice, in part because you did.