· 2025-10-09T11:02:13+0000 · 1 posts

A Social Media Journey 1 to many to 1 then none?

An outline of social media I've experienced, what I was drawn to them and what I'm after now. An attempt to capture it while currently feeling no allegiance.

Social media I was active on:

Facebook - 2010 - 2013

Friends, family, local groups and events, free items and purchased items

Facebook/LinkedIn - 2013

LinkedIn career connections and contacts for job avoiding need for business cards. Industry discussion. Aspirational jobs and inspirational business folks.

Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter -2016

Facebook and Twitter to help with promotion of space interests in NZ and overseas.

Later Twitter for keeping up with world events and authors and celebrities.

Facebook/LinkedIn/Twitter/Mastodon - 2022

Facebook for bonsai

Mastodon as place to get away from Twitter but retain some of its use.

Facebook/Twitter/Mastodon/Bluesky - 2023

Twitter leave transition phase duplicate follows and functions on to Bluesky.

Bluesky 2024.

Delete Facebook. Attempt to build bonsai community to replace that lost on Facebook. Not to go to any meta related SM.

Bluesky/Mastodon - 2025

Invest more time into Mastodon as a short term back up to Bluesky while I decide if either are suitable for election build up 2026.

Is Bluesky wobbling now ?

If Bluesky fails is SM over for me? As Im tired of fighting platforms or being their sandbox test subject and rebuilding connections and relearning each platforms quirks and limits.

I get it is all free but i don't want to be a content creator for bad actors that will use my tiny data point to give them credibility.

Concerns for data sovereignty. No trust in USA anchored apps. Need a reliable enduring news and information source especially as I approach 2026 election for NZ. Concerns about over reliance on Bluesky if it was to fail or be coerced or sell out to become ineffective for organizing community and voters to grind this current government to dust in the election 2026.

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