Where are you?
Major social media presence
As of the date posted in the footnotes, here are the online sites where I am active or semi-active:
- Mastodon (ACTIVE) remains my primary social media outlet. It's not perfect, but it's my least-worrisome text-driven service.
- Glass (ACTIVE) has moved up in my online world, to the point where I feel like sharing my profile. I made a public committment in mid-April to use Glass as my main photo-sharing site, and I've been keeping true to my word.
- omg.lol (ACTIVE to SEMI-ACTIVE) is a collection of web services that's pretty awesome, including a digital asset proven service that abides by the Popeye philosophy. There are some social media services within omg.lol, including a status page, a Now page, and a photo-sharing page, all of which get some use.
- Reddit (SEMI-ACTIVE) is, for me, still informative and still useful. Because of my recent pickup of film photography, I've been spending more time there and even interacting in posts, thereby earning Reddit a promotion to its new state of presence.
Minor social media presence
For all practical purposes, I am at least in Lurker mode on the following sites:
- Bluesky (LURKER) has become a firehose in the worst way, and it has become too much for me to drink from. I'm taking the rest of September 2025 off, and I'll revisit this site next month.
- Facebook (SEMI-ACTIVE to LURKER) has seen a slight uptick in usage. I'm still viewing the site through a browser, as the overall experience is worse than the app, but since I don't want to stick around too long I view the worse experience as a benefit.
- Instagram (LURKER) has become an occasional check-in on Stories, with even rarer profile visits to view the user's Timeline.
- Metafilter (LURKER to OH YEAH THIS EXISTS) is an old hangout spot (since 2007!), though I'm nowhere near as active as I once was there. I'll scan updates via RSS, but I haven't commented there in months if not years.
Not a social media presence
Can I be reached outside of a social media service? Certainly!
- Email is always an option!
- RSS will get my latest blog posts into the RSS reader of your choice. If you are on a Mac or iDevice, I recommend News Explorer.
- Signal is available by request.