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Nov 02, 2024

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Sorry I’ve been a little lax with writing. I have been feeling odd about Substack lately. It is wonderful that I get to write whatever the hell I like on here and that you, dear readers, seem to want me to, but I also feel that, like all online things, there’s a sort of algorithmy gamification going on with it.

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I am reminded of when I grew my Facebook account to 15,000 followers over the course of several months when Facebook decided it wanted to surface more responsible journalism – and then one day, with no warning, Facebook took the followers away. Because they changed their priorities; because they could. Ever since then, I’ve been wary of investing too heavily in any social platform (goodbye Twitter blue ticks! Sayonara MySpace!) I am dipping my toes in Threads, I am embracing Sub…

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