Post by @km@babb.no
Getting rid of unneccesary bloat
Or, as we say in German: alte Zöpfe abschneiden (cutting off old braids)
Yesterday I finally put my money where my mouth is and deleted both my #LinkedIn- and #Instagram-accounts.
After years of being annoyed and or getting trapped in yet another cycle of doomscrolling I finally set both accounts for deletion. And boy did that feel good. Like "alte Zöpfe abschneiden" good.
What gave me the final push was a customer of my day job - mind you, I am only an employee of the webhosting company, not the owner or CEO - reaching out to me via a "friend" request in LinkedIn. I didn't even have anything to do with them, didn't connect via prior mails, chats or calls.
And while I do get their frustration it felt like a serious breach of privacy to be contacted that way.
Anywho - I am already looking forward to getting rid of more unneccesary and/or evil bloat and cutting myself off of big tech even more.
What are your "braids" that you still need to get rid of?
@pepdmin @stefano github. i quit it, but had to re-create account to submit some patches, and some clients use it too. so, yeah.
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@km@babb.no network effect is a serious pain the rear. I am happy that I don't need Github, but I get why leaving it entirely is more complicated than just up and leaving a social network.
@pepdmin github is the real "linked in"... if i had know that, i would have kept my "km" username there