Chuckling to myself about the timing of this email because I literally JUST sent out an email myself to my newsletter readers telling them how I am getting back off IG after experimenting with being back on it and finding it to be an absolutely miserable and dysregulating experience. 🤣
I relate to all of this so much, of course! Thank you for sharing your experience honestly with us.
This may not be helpful but on the topic of a New Internet I wanted to mention an app I have been using for about a year that I absolutely love and really satisfied my craving for being connected to my friends—which is Retro. It was created some folks who were on the original Instagram team and it is privacy-focused and completely devoid of many of the things I personally hate about IG—shopping, ads, influencers, etc. The only tricky thing is getting your friends to sign up but now that I have about 10 friends on there it's a really pleasurable experience to get to flip through their photos and connect in such a wholesome environment. ❤️
Chuckling to myself about the timing of this email because I literally JUST sent out an email myself to my newsletter readers telling them how I am getting back off IG after experimenting with being back on it and finding it to be an absolutely miserable and dysregulating experience. 🤣
I relate to all of this so much, of course! Thank you for sharing your experience honestly with us.
This may not be helpful but on the topic of a New Internet I wanted to mention an app I have been using for about a year that I absolutely love and really satisfied my craving for being connected to my friends—which is Retro. It was created some folks who were on the original Instagram team and it is privacy-focused and completely devoid of many of the things I personally hate about IG—shopping, ads, influencers, etc. The only tricky thing is getting your friends to sign up but now that I have about 10 friends on there it's a really pleasurable experience to get to flip through their photos and connect in such a wholesome environment. ❤️