50 in 50: Relationship with Social Media

2025-05-24 fifty-in-fifty • 121 words
Do you have any good or bad stories from your relationship with social media or Internet communities?

I don't tend to use social media at all, and never really have. I used to use Reddit a little bit, because I didn't quite think of it as a social media. I would use it for mainly the r/linguistics and r/conlanging subreddits. It actually was fairly good - I didn't tend to interact much but whenever I did, it was to ask questions and actually learn about things.

I basically don't have many stories from it though, good or bad. I'm happy with that - social media has never really appealed to me.

I've gotten a couple of emails since starting the blog though, which is quite pleasant! I prefer that form of interaction than commenting on social media, etc. It feels less commodified.