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Maybe the web used to be better than it is now

I am spending less time on Instagram and more time in the old-fashioned blogosphere (via my RSS reader) once again, because I increasingly dislike what Instagram does to my brain. And I increasingly wonder if the internet was actually better and more diverse when more of us posted updates regularly

Maybe the web used to be better than it is now
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The late 2023 social media burnout

At this time of year I typically start to feel pretty burnt out regarding social media, and 2023 is no different.

The late 2023 social media burnout
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Threads: first impressions and thoughts about the future of the new app

A new Twitter competitor has emerged, and I have thoughts.

Threads: first impressions and thoughts about the future of the new app
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Three lessons I learned by going offline for a month on the Cape Wrath Trail

It isn’t really about technology at all. In January 2019, when attempting to explain why I felt compelled to leave the internet behind for my winter Cape Wrath Trail, I wrote that ‘For some years, I’ve been aware that I can’t think properly when my mind is

Three lessons I learned by going offline for a month on the Cape Wrath Trail
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Trying to take a stand against information overload

Have you wondered why I began my regular ‘what I’ve been reading this week’ slot on my blog? Have you wondered why I rarely retweet and share other people’s stuff on Twitter these days? It’s because the bottomless content feeds we’ve allowed to take up so

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Instagram is getting worse

My relationship with social media is a complex one – not quite love/hate, perhaps tolerate/loathe – and I’ve spent a great deal of time over the last few years thinking about and studying the subtle but insidious costs of participating in these platforms.1 Yes, I tweet, and I

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To hell with Facebook – I’m starting a newsletter instead

Just because everyone’s on there doesn’t mean your business needs to be too Maybe it’ll come as no surprise, if you’ve been paying attention, that I don’t much like Facebook. For years, I’ve had a business presence there because I felt I had to—

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A month away from social media

On October the 31st 2017, I signed out of my personal Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts, and I didn’t sign back in until the 1st of December. Here’s what I learned. Preface Please don’t read this as advice for how you should modify your social media

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Social media for writers

‘Oh, you’ve written a book? You have to be on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Google+ … or you will never sell a single copy.’ Does that sound familiar? New authors can find social media a bit of a minefield, and there’s a lot of contradictory advice out

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Switching my Facebook page to Auto mode

My dissatisfaction with Facebook has been growing for a few years now. It’s time to make another step in my gradual retreat from the service. In case you don’t know, I have a Facebook page called Alex Roddie: Words – Mountains – Imagination. It has 588 ‘likes’. I originally set