Well, I’m doing it. I have said for the past week, month, year that I need to be on social media less and write more. And today that began. I deleted TikTok.

I like many downloaded TikTok during the height of Covid lockdown. It gave us all a way to still connect with the world. After that I had some people that I liked to follow and stayed on the app. Some days I saw lots of entertaining things and other days it took an hour or two to find that one video that made all the time worth it. Lately that video isn’t coming. It’s taking more and more time to feel any emotion worth the time I put into the app.

This is my fault too. I have some friends who have found a community on the app and made friends. And good for them. I’ve had other groups or apps that I liked and others didn’t. It happens. Even as I’ve tried to cultivate an FYP it hasn’t changed much. I’ve been upset more than happy with the app for months now and tonight I decided it’s time.

That was an easy deletion but it’s taking me a bit for Twitter/X. Mostly because I want to delete it the right way and not leave things hanging out there or taken over by anyone else. Also, Twitter is where I had found a community. But that was 10 years ago. All of us geeks seemed to get on there at the same time and we found each other. That is where I built up friendships and made connections that helped me. That isn’t what X is now, and the app will be going away soon but I’m reminiscing a bit first.

Now, while those apps are going away I find myself debating a new one. If my goal is to get my writing out there, then I need an app that can assist with that. I’m debating signing up for Substack soon. One, I can follow a lot of writers and creators who positively influence me. Also, I can begin my own work and gain followers. Of course, this is what I thought I would be doing with my Patreon and I’ve let that lapse. But I have the best of intentions and we’ll see how that goes.