Instagram, and Threads, and BlueSky - oh my!
Simplifying my digital world
I’m one of the many recent Twitter Quitters out there, and although I know it was the right thing to do for me personally, I’ve been missing the type of engagement it once offered. Then along came BlueSky, which feels similar to how Twitter used to be, and the next thing I know I’m posting as if I’m back in 2009.
Truthfully, I have never fully given Instagram my all. I’ve had a private account since the early days where I post and interact with only close friends and family - people I know and see in person in everyday life. It’s pretty much just a carbon copy of what gets posted to my private Facebook page. (did I just type the words carbon copy? Yep, I’m that old.) I also maintain an Instagram account specifically related to pregnancy and infant loss resources, but seldom access any of the features such as ‘Stories’. Because of how these two accounts are utilized, Instagram has always felt super limiting. In order to invite people to join me online there (without asking them to follow a baby loss account that may be irrelevant) I’ve created a third Instagram handle that is public, and it’s opened up a whole new world of people and businesses to follow and engage with. Managing multiple profiles may seem counter productive when the goal was to simplify my digital world, but this allows me to be on IG as myself in public form, without exposing those in my private account. I’m really starting to understand the draw after all of these years ..finally! Now to navigate my way around Threads that comes as an added bonus, but still not entirely sure what I should be doing there.
In recent months, I stumbled across this platform and found myself creating yet another social account. Substack feels different though. Like a breath of fresh air in the realm of media! I’m using this space to write mainly about grief and how we can experience joy alongside it within three categories: Soulshine, Grief & Grit and Notes From Therapy. I’m new here so there isn’t a whole lot written just yet but please stick with me! I am finding the best part about Substack though is the ability to promote the work of others using Substack Notes, and also to create my own digital magazine filled with articles I have chosen to subscribe to! My favourite way to spend a Saturday morning now is with a coffee on the couch, catching up on all of the weeks publications from my inbox.
Each platform is serving a different purpose for me. Having some organization around each one is making the overwhelm of my socials a little less daunting these days and even more enjoyable for a change!
What is your social media platform of choice outside of Substack, and where else should I be following you?
I loved how you wanted to simplify things and then made it more separate. I find keeping all of my accounts separate simplifies my life. I hope you find the same. I can see the tracks of where something came from and from what frame of reference. It gets me into the right headspace to deal with whatever notification comes up.
I'm on Instagram and Facebook and post image based perimenopause content there, but my favorite is Threads and that's where I spend the majority of my time. I have the most amount of followers on this platform so that's where I tend to stay and I have fun answering questions for people there. I think we met on Threads!
Thanks to you I did start a Bluesky account but I don't know what I'm going to do with it yet.