"Meta’s platforms are still causing harm, but the CEO has convinced the media to look at the future instead of the present" An old but still relevant post from Paris Marx from the podcast Tech Won't Save Us which I recommend
A writer POV on social media, why she hates it and what she plans to do instead of going 100% on social media. Hint : RSS and newsletter
"Do you want the Internet to be an extension of your existing offline relationships, or to be separate from your offline life? "
"Social media made me feel like I had no excuse to ping someone to catch up because I’d already seen everything they’d been doing, so I needed some reason to call."
Since I stopped checking Instagram regularly, I have lost touch with some people and I felt the same feeling. I am thinking of adding more people from social media in my contacts list so I can catch up with them more easily
An interesting deep dive on the phenomena of cozycore
Il y a un sujet sur cette dépendance aux réseaux sociaux et surtout à Meta pour le domaine de la musique (comme plein d'autres domaines bien entendu). Ayant cofondé un collectif de musiques électroniques, c'est un sujet qui me fait beaucoup réfléchir pour trouver des alternatives
Avec le soutien de Musk à Trump et aux extrêmes droites européennes, un mouvement se forme pour quitter X/Twitter. Mastodon, réseau social non lucratif et respectueux des données, est la première alternative. Rencontre avec son responsable technique.
For those who use Mastodon or Bluesky and want to see the best links shared by their network.
A French video on the business behind French unicorn Voodoo by creator Basti UI
"This is why I document my life—in photos, in words, in video. Because I don’t know where I came from and I don’t want my kids to wonder the same. I mourn all the lost stories that my grandmother took to her grave, stories that could have helped me understand world history and the human condition through the context of my own family history. " - Jenna Park
“It’s like the boys have gone extinct,” say women in Kukes. They’ve all left for London, chasing dreams of fast cars and easy money sold on social media