QotD

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questionofthedayasks: What social media platforms have you quit? Why? (question submitted by fucktheg0ds)

My answer: I'm going to restrict myself to platforms on which I participated actively for more than a few months, because I've definitely dabbled in some and then dropped them when they seemed Not For Me.

• MySpace: I left this one when my friends abandoned it for Facebook, which was around 2008? I used it mostly to find new bands/artists, and I miss that. Bandcamp doesn't quiet fit that purpose as well.
• Livejournal: Most of my friends stopped posting there around 2009-2010, but I stuck around until the last server moved to Russia. Though I'd always been too shy to post much in communities, I loved Livejournal and I miss it. Dreamwidth is, of course, similar, but I'm not a fannish person, so although there are a bunch of communities of interest to me here, most are inactive or never even got started. LE  SIGH.
• Tumblr: I used Tumblr on and off between 2013 and 2018, but finally deleted this month because Jeffrey did and he was pretty much the only person I actually communicated with through that platform. I never really had problems with the bots on there because I never had many followers, probably, but I wasn't pleased with the Female Presenting Nipples nonsense and the constant shadowbanning and harassment of sex workers. Also the mobile app was seemingly designed by kobolds.
• Mastodon: I tried Mastodon in 2017, but gave up after the instance I used exploded in a firestorm of petty drama and ridiculousness and was then deleted.
• Facebook: I hated Facebook from the start and deleted recently after the latest algorithm changes meant that all I saw on my feed, no matter what, was the same four posts from a page I followed. Not any of my friends, just this one page.
• Xanga:  I  almost forgot about this one, but I  had a Xanga account in 2003-4? One of my friends convinced me to try it, but it was really unintuitive and frustrating, so I didn't stick with it or post consistently.