Tumblr Free Day

[kitewithfish]

Last night I had the bright idea of removing the Tumblr app from the homepage on my phone (not deleting it! Just moving it out of sight) and man, I am glad I did. I keep reflexively looking for it when I have a minute to myself, because Tumblr was good for distractions and new stuff and pretty pretty art, but not for community. 

Whereas anytime I open up a DW window I end up with nine tabs and three replies to write because To Be A Fan On DW is to be a chatty, chatty human being. XD

Does the social media you're using effect who you are on that platform?  I tend to think it does, but I am betting people have other experiences.

I have tried to establish Kitewithfish as Who I Am in fandom with little IRL crossover, so most of my online stuff is as a version of myself slightly detached from people who might google my name. Who I am online with fannish folks is different than I am with people on, say, Facebook, but it's pretty close to who I am in person. I have mostly kept FB a Fandom Free Zone for me, since god, that site gives me the Heebies AND the Jeebies, but I happily chat about fanfic with people who know me in life, tho I am coy about usernames. 

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[tei]

I haven't had FB for years, thank god, and since I deleted my namespace instagram and twitter last year, I have no social media that feature my real name or that I use to interact with people from my meatspace life (more or less... I did make another instagram account that is private, doesn't have my name on it, and is only for following other adult gymnasts and posting my own gymnastics videos. There are people on there I know IRL through gym, but if a work person or school person somehow finds me, I heartlessly ignore their add request.) It's honestly awesome. Never going back.

I definitely think the platform affects how you behave on it, and for that, I think DW is a standout in the category for encouraging interaction and decent behavior.

[kitewithfish]

Blissful social media silence is a gift. I mostly use FB to keep up with a loose collection of college chums and local community issues that I want to keep track of, so I do keep my hand in, under a pseud, but mostly as a lurker and commenter.

DW is a gift and the community has been largely fairly genteel in its kerfuffles. *fingers crossed*