I don’t have this problem at all. I love when people send me things as I think of it as proof they are thinking about me. But it really doesn’t happen very often so it’s not a problem. Also I’m not on tiktok or Instagram (i quit a bit more than a year ago) and I guess people are less prone to send links texting than in the app
I must admit I prefer it when people don't post terribly often, because my inbox gets alarmingly full quite quickly and then I'm more likely to skip over things. Thanks for the article!
I have one internet friend who sends me stuff that makes me laugh and connected to what we’re talking about. I’m at a life stage where everything is posted on the internet on IG and so friends will assume I’ve seen their reels and they’ll send me reels but I don’t watch anything on those apps and I sorta wish people texted me personally beside political parties
You will need a license to "operate" online at some point and biometric proof that you are not a bot (or a spammer of links).
That should prune the "non-essential" linking activity I would imagine. Or judging by current trends... people will gladly accept the micro-needle, patch applied, invisible tattoo and iris scan without complaint and carry on sharing memes into oblivion.
Yeah, I’m more the sender than the recipient, I’m afraid. I wish I got more links to deeper, richer stuff. I so very rarely appreciate a GIF or a simple meme, because these I think I get via the Algo. I used to send people a lot more, but now I try to just send the deeper stuff, the longer reads that I think people might overlook. I try to say a little something to entice them to read, at least the ones I think still read. We’re all fucked, aren’t we?
It's an interesting question, and it's odd that I hadn't really considered it, given that I don't like a lot of what other people like about social media and things. I guess the links people share with me are very 'us' or very much representative of the kind of stuff they're into, so it’s almost never a surprise. If I were to get links that weren't either, I would almost certainly ignore them.
Speaking of, here on Substack, I have several posts/newsletters wherein I have linked meticulously different references and resources. Almost no one clicks these. Like, ever. So the pragmatic side of me wants to stop linking everything, but the 'show your work' bullshit drilled into mah skull since third grade makes it a hard habit to break.
I don’t have this problem at all. I love when people send me things as I think of it as proof they are thinking about me. But it really doesn’t happen very often so it’s not a problem. Also I’m not on tiktok or Instagram (i quit a bit more than a year ago) and I guess people are less prone to send links texting than in the app
I must admit I prefer it when people don't post terribly often, because my inbox gets alarmingly full quite quickly and then I'm more likely to skip over things. Thanks for the article!
I have one internet friend who sends me stuff that makes me laugh and connected to what we’re talking about. I’m at a life stage where everything is posted on the internet on IG and so friends will assume I’ve seen their reels and they’ll send me reels but I don’t watch anything on those apps and I sorta wish people texted me personally beside political parties
You will need a license to "operate" online at some point and biometric proof that you are not a bot (or a spammer of links).
That should prune the "non-essential" linking activity I would imagine. Or judging by current trends... people will gladly accept the micro-needle, patch applied, invisible tattoo and iris scan without complaint and carry on sharing memes into oblivion.
Yeah, I’m more the sender than the recipient, I’m afraid. I wish I got more links to deeper, richer stuff. I so very rarely appreciate a GIF or a simple meme, because these I think I get via the Algo. I used to send people a lot more, but now I try to just send the deeper stuff, the longer reads that I think people might overlook. I try to say a little something to entice them to read, at least the ones I think still read. We’re all fucked, aren’t we?
It's an interesting question, and it's odd that I hadn't really considered it, given that I don't like a lot of what other people like about social media and things. I guess the links people share with me are very 'us' or very much representative of the kind of stuff they're into, so it’s almost never a surprise. If I were to get links that weren't either, I would almost certainly ignore them.
Speaking of, here on Substack, I have several posts/newsletters wherein I have linked meticulously different references and resources. Almost no one clicks these. Like, ever. So the pragmatic side of me wants to stop linking everything, but the 'show your work' bullshit drilled into mah skull since third grade makes it a hard habit to break.
I think this is my primary form of communication with people.