In a backwards way,
I am trying to unplug by creating a website. More and more people are finding themselves trapped in the social media algorithms, myself included. These intentionally addictive algorithms are designed to keep our attention captured as much as possible, so more ads can be sold and more data can be scraped.
While I do value data privacy, my real qualm is not the collecting of my identity or being showed brands that I maybe would be interesting in spending some money with — the real issue is that what free time I have ends up being spent scrolling through pages and pages of information that doesn’t make a meaningful impact on me. Our time in this world is finite, so to me it makes sense to ditch the algorithms and manually engage with content that is more meaningful.
How do I make my own Digital Garden?
Further Reading
Hypertext Gardens
Maggie Appleton, A Brief History & Ethos of the Digital Garden