I don't get ads on the pc, but on the phone I do.
I've been on social media for almost 30 years. This site is a gem, not too big. We get to know other members and there's a caring spirit here as well. I've gotten some of that at BYC, but one can get lost there.Yesterday Mark had just gotten back into bed to do some programming, as usual. We'd just turned off our house internet promoting the kids to all go outside and then come back in as they were tired. Usually he's pretty morbid during the winter, but this time he said something that made me think. As he went to go turn on a YouTube video in one of his tabs so he could listen to the audio as he worked, he said something like, "if YouTube went away tomorrow, we'd go try to go to it for a week or so but then we'd never think about it again". FB is already dying because of what they're doing with their algorithm, AI, and advertising but all the other social media platforms are similar. As soon as the users would break that addiction to quick entertainment and the illusion of community connection in a week or so the sites would be water under the bridge and we wouldn't think about them again.
Then I thought about this site. I'd miss this site. Whoever runs this platform does a good job allowing it to connect people and form online communities over monetizing. And the moderators do a good job preventing firefights. I've learned a lot and come a long way since joining here. (Thanks guys) It made me realize I really appreciate backyard herds. And how clean this form stays. We have good people here on all ends. Controlling bots and spam too. And letting us connect has humans, doing a whole lot better than other high tech platforms with their legions of programmers, share holders, and millions.
So just thank you.
How's that for a New Year's thought.
(It might be time for another year of paid membership on here for me if I can figure out how to do it because I guess if I appreciate it I should pay for it. I haven't for the last year or two with all the chaos we had. I just forgot...plus I thought it looked ostentatious to see it noted by my username, but whatever.)
