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And this is why I abandoned social media for a long time. I lurked, I scraped around every now and again for something I wanted to see, but I did not engage like I once did. Gone were the days where i tinkered with the HTML to impress my MySpace buddies, now social media was a chore, something i had to occasionally check on so I was not out of the loop.
I missed social media, but it did not exist anymore. Outrage media did not interest me. Then I discovered the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse). It is far from perfect, it still has that undertone of enragement engagement from some users, but it is far closer to the social media I remember. I run my own [[GoToSocial]] server from where I engage with folk on my nerdy passions in a way that is somewhat reminiscent of how I used to display my passions in basic HTML. My feed is only content from folks I follow, I have the power to filter it as I see fit, and it is probably the closest I will ever get to the glory days of what I remember through some very heavily rose tinted glasses.
I missed social media, but it did not exist anymore. Outrage media did not interest me. Then I discovered the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse). It is far from perfect, it still has that undertone of enragement engagement from some users, but it is far closer to the social media I remember. I run my own [[20-29 HOBBYS/22 SELF HOSTING/22.12 SERVICES/GoToSocial]] server from where I engage with folk on my nerdy passions in a way that is somewhat reminiscent of how I used to display my passions in basic HTML. My feed is only content from folks I follow, I have the power to filter it as I see fit, and it is probably the closest I will ever get to the glory days of what I remember through some very heavily rose tinted glasses.
Just do not let anyone tell you that TikTok, Facebook, Twitter (X?), or whatever else is spawned from the corporate hellscape is Social Media. It's not social, it is something nefarious. You are not some kind of degenerate for yearning for social media either, connection is important, more so today than ever before. Just do not expect to get it from a platform that needs your undivided attention in order to survive.