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. 

Comments

[jamethiel]

I have a fandom facebook under a pseud and facebook can bite me. I realise that I'm breaching their terms about real names, but I also don't care. I really fucking miss the pseudonymity culture.

And yeah, I'm also realising how much I used tumblr for a quick "oh, brain fart, let's get some stimulation" even if I rarely posted.

[kitewithfish]

My IRL facebook is under a pseud as well, actually, with zero tagged pictures. Screw their TOS - I'm not letting people screenshot me without having to lay a papertrail.