With the end approaching rapidly, I decided to trial run some different social media sites to see where I will end up (if anywhere). Here's my brief thoughts.

Facebook

No.

X (Formally Twitter)

A right wing cesspit with some decent people floating on top. A very, very hard no from me.

Tumblr

The Classic, The OG, the... Weirdly transphobic. It has been brought up before but I never expected the site that I always called "The Queer Website" to be transphobic. It's a no but a marginal no.

Dreamwidth

Small and isolating. Most communities are set in stone and it doesn't have the immediacy of the cohost global feed. It's a maybe because I love the older aesthetic so god dammed much and it seems like an okay place to be.

Reddit

Once good, now a pile of misinformation, doom scrolling and depression. Mods have god complexes and the maintainers of the site are on a profit warpath. Very hard no from me chief.

Bluesky and the other twitter derivatives

I never really liked twitter's formula. As someone who loves long form posts, character limits can go to hell. It's a no also.

Overall I'm leaning towards Tumblr and Dreamwidth. I'll have to find a way to block out number for both though. If anyone has any social media recommendations then please let me know