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

[potboy]

Yeah, Tumblr was great for when you just couldn't brain any more and needed something pretty and/or interesting to look at without any interaction required. I'm already way more active on DW than I probably ever was on Tumblr, and I've barely managed to make a single post of my own. My FB is full of people who I know in real life, most of whom are middle-aged and very straight(tm). I like most of them but I can't talk in front of them.

[kitewithfish]

Yeah, there is that. The "oh, shiney" quality of Tumblr cannot be understated.

The odd cultural expectation that we'll friend everyone on FB who we know IRL is just... why? I don't need more straight(TM) people either. I have Enough Heterosexuals.

[potboy]

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