It's purely to give people a way to look at you without you being there. People I've dated want the insta to show their friends and learn more about you. Co-workers and acquaintances use it to connect through shared interests, confirming things you say you're about or whatever. (Musician doing music, travel nerd taking trips everywhere, etc.)
I've had bosses use it purely bc they want to cultivate a certain kind of person at the workspace and that's the filter they used.
I would just make a super basic acc you don't post a lot on that has some old pictures. People I know who aren't social media people do this in the city. It's one of those things now that you just need like a smartphone and internet access. Millennials in particular seem to be neutral to positive toward it since it's really just you and your friends' shit unlike FB and Snap.
I only use social media bc dating is impossible without it :shrug-outta-hecks:
" Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong, and somehow I was wrong about everything. "
Thank you, this is exactly the sort of information I needed. I really don't want to maintain an online presence at all but I definitely was getting the sense (in the Before Times when I was actually meeting new people regularly) that not having social media to hand out was making people side-eye me or hampering my ability to connect with them.
It's purely to give people a way to look at you without you being there. People I've dated want the insta to show their friends and learn more about you. Co-workers and acquaintances use it to connect through shared interests, confirming things you say you're about or whatever. (Musician doing music, travel nerd taking trips everywhere, etc.)
I've had bosses use it purely bc they want to cultivate a certain kind of person at the workspace and that's the filter they used.
I would just make a super basic acc you don't post a lot on that has some old pictures. People I know who aren't social media people do this in the city. It's one of those things now that you just need like a smartphone and internet access. Millennials in particular seem to be neutral to positive toward it since it's really just you and your friends' shit unlike FB and Snap.
I only use social media bc dating is impossible without it :shrug-outta-hecks:
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“I have nothing to hide”
“Give me your social security number and the routing number of your checking account”
I hate posting my face online because Clearview AI scares me.
Also feels like I'd be making a profile as much for other people as advertisers.
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" Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong, and somehow I was wrong about everything. "
Thank you, this is exactly the sort of information I needed. I really don't want to maintain an online presence at all but I definitely was getting the sense (in the Before Times when I was actually meeting new people regularly) that not having social media to hand out was making people side-eye me or hampering my ability to connect with them.