Last year around this time, I gave a 16 months later update on my Operation No Social Media project. Over the past 12 months, I’ve once again struggled with my internal “to use social media or not to use social media, that is the question” conflict. The other day IContinue Reading
I’ll begin with the full disclosure that social media expert I am not. Nor am I an influencer, even though I’ve done moderately okay with Haunt Jaunts’ social media over the years. At least by my standards. I’ve never amassed tens or hundreds of thousands of followers, so I’m probablyContinue Reading
TikTok, TikTok, TikTok. There’s not a week that goes by when I don’t hear about the social media platform in some way, shape, or fashion. Sometimes for something interesting someone has posted that went viral, but most often because of a TikTok challenge. Usually one that’s gone wrong or hasContinue Reading
In September 2020, I wondered, “Is it possible to operate without social media?” I was hoping so, because after watching a couple of documentaries on the evils of social media, I’d had enough and wanted off. Well, I’d had enough of the toxic drama that kept spilling into my peripheryContinue Reading
As I wrote about recently, I’ve been having a dilemma ever since I watched The Social Dilemma. Well, as I also noted, I was struggling with social media even before that. It seems so self-absorbed. It’s like a world full of children begging to be looked at. When it’s notContinue Reading