Is that what it’s going to take? A revolution, a personal revolt? I’m not talking about fighting against government or society. It’s something that is deeply embedded in our society, though. It’s shaping our society. This revolt is against the mindless acceptance of the aggresive manipulation of social media platforms.
This is not true for everyone but we’re fooling ourselves if we don’t realize that it’s true for the majority of us… Using social media can be addictive. It can destroy our self image. It magnifies loneliness even though we may have hundreds of “friends”. As a musician I find that I contantly fight a battle against wasting time on those platforms when I could be creating and building the business side of my endeavors.
So, I’m going to be working over the next couple of months to steer supporters, followers and listeners over to my website. I’ll still take advantage of the advertising aspect of Facebook and Instagram to get the word out. But I want to do all I can to keep people from spending more time on a social media site than the time it takes to read a note and click on over and out of those places. I don’t want them to be encouraged to linger.
