So...The 25 years I've been on the internet, I always used social media like Yahoo Messenger, AIM, MSN, Skype, Myspace, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr, Bluesky.. etc. to keep in touch with friends and show my art but... Over the past, I wanna say, 10 years? I've found myself avoiding social media more and more. Every time I use it, it just makes me more and more anxious, giving me a sense of dread and anguish. I always see people fighting, or trying to one-up each other. Always seeing people chase clout and trying to beat each other in popularity. Always seeing politics and always dealing with the consequences of it. It's maddening. I can't just... enjoy art or talk to people, I have to deal with constant drama, constant bullshit and I know, technically, Bluesky IS better but it still shares the same issues every other social media site has. Even if I try to curate my side of Bluesky to the best of my ability, I will still see people causing problems. Like seriously, I mostly follow artists, the rest are just people who do things I am interested in.

It sucks because I remember when it was fun to be on social media, when it was literally what it was made for. To hang out with friends/family and share interests. Now it's just this.. horrid abomination. I always feel worse if I use any social media, outside of art sites. At least with art sites, it's not difficult at all to just.. ignore drama and politics, on social media sites like Twitter and Bluesky, it's nigh impossible. I feel bad for the youth because they never got to experience what the internet used to be like and while yes, there's some things about 2000's internet that is horrific, most of it was a genuinely fun experience, because while some things on the internet are better, the pros don't outweigh the... MANY, MANY cons the internet has now. It's so corporate and corrupt, these days, that you can't enjoy a single damn thing without corporate begging you to waste money on it and you also can't enjoy a damn thing without someone bitching about Trump, Biden, Kamala or whatever other evil old person that is the topic of the week or blaming people for Trump's election to presidency (again) or.. whatever. It's tiring. I am sick of it and I just want to be rid of it so, from now on, I'll only be on here and Itaku. I don't want to use Bluesky nor whatever other Twitter/Tumblr/Facebook alternative there is. There is a SMALL consideration that I might use Pillowfort but I am still uncertain. Either way, sorry for the rant/rambling, it's just been on my mind lately.