Where To Find Me Online

These are the social media platforms I do and do not use (and why)

Daily Use

Apple Music Access my playlists and see what I’m listening to right now.

Mastodon ActivityPub is Like a network of interconnected BBSs, but without the ASCII art. It also takes a bit of effort. Despite all this, it is my go-to social media hangout. Thanks to Adam and the OMG.lol community, my home instance is very enjoyable.

Frequently Use

Flickr It’s not perfect, but it’s still about the best there is. Currently reworking my photo sharing and blogging strategy. Watch this space.

Goodreads to track books

QRZ isn’t really a social media platform per se—at least, not in the usual sense. There are forums so there is some social interaction, but the real reason it’s listed here is that it is the de facto “master directory” for amateur radio (aka “ham radio”) operators (like me) and the real time logging system is also widely used.

Reddit Sort of like Usenet was, back in the day. There are some great communities and a lot of useful information out there. All the other social media platforms could learn something from the “downvote” button.

Trakt to track TV and movies

Experimental or Occasional Use

Bluesky Just started using EchoFeed to echo my Mastodon posts. I’m checking in a little more often now, but still just testing the waters.

Crucial Tracks Not sure how much I’ll use this but I’ll give it a try.

Digg Got on board with the Digg reboot. Looking forward to seeing how this goes.

Glass is a beautifully crafted photography site with a sleek user experience. I love that the focus is on the photography rather than “the feed.” I don’t keep a paid membership so I can’t post, but I do like to scroll through the pics for inspiration now and then.

Mozi A new social app for connecting with real people in real life.

Pinksky is a photo client for Bluesky.

Loops by Pixelfed. It’s TikTok for the Fediverse, I guess. We’ll see.

Signal Click to message me, or scan the {qrcode:name=signal-inverted.jpg} {linktopic:name=signal-inverted.jpg&text=QR code}.

Spake A new short-form voice blogging platform by Adam. I haven’t really figured out what to do with this yet.

Rarely Use

I still have accounts on these platforms, but I rarely (if ever) use them.

Hipstamatic X is a fun-to-use toy camera with social feed and an app that crashes a lot. It’s another platform trying to recapture the original Instagram vibe.

LinkedIn This is a ~~mostly~~ junk platform not too unlike X and Facebook—i.e. extremely low signal-to-noise ratio. My account is currently in hibernation.

TikTok For a long time this was the source of a lot of fun and entertainment, but could be a real time sink at times. I’ve since become bored of it and the ever-shrinking signal-to-noise ratio has made it easy to set aside.

The Axis of Evil

Meta is a vile company and all these apps have a really dreadful user experience. I only continue to use these because there are people or groups that I like to keep in touch with, or information that can only be found there. You won’t find me posting regularly here though.

Facebook. The “feed” is so completely bonkers that I just ignore it completely. There are some good Groups that I keep up with though.

Instagram. I’m still nostalgic for the time when Instagram was about photography. Now it’s just junk and ads and fucking Reels and Stories. It’s awful.

Threads. I see no value in this whatsoever. It’s just sort of there as long as you have an Instagram account. I’m lazily following along to see how or if interaction between the Metaverse and the Fediverse will work.

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Foto (d. Mar. 2025) is another upstart photography app. I played with it in Beta and while it looks nice, it’s not compelling enough for me to stick with.

Imgur (d. Mar. 2025) I haven’t posted anything in six years, and have no need of it any more.

Micro.blog (d. Jun. 2024) Nice feature-rich platform that is easy to use... but I like the blogging platform I’ve got.

Nostr (d. Mar. 2025) I really don’t get this one. Seems like mostly crypto stans and the cult of Jack.

PieFed (d. Mar. 2025) Federated Reddit, I guess. I never used it because there’s not much out there. I don’t see this displacing actual Reddit any time soon.

Pixelfed (d. Mar. 2025) This account seemed superfluous, especially now that I have a dedicated photo blog that is being cross-posted to the Fediverse using EchoFeed.

SnapChat (d. Mar. 2025) What started as a text messaging alternative for ~~paranoid~~ privacy-conscious people, is now mostly just a face filter toy. And I still can’t figure out which of the 800 swipe gestures do what. I’m just gonna come out and say it: it’s a stupid app.

Tumblr (d. Jul. 2024) Never really understood the point of this platform anyway

Twitter (d. Nov. 2022) It was fun while it lasted. Rest in Peace.