I find it a bit weird how people that talk about this, do so on social media, the thing that they report they try to cut off.
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Digital minimalism: what are your thoughts?
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I've never heard of this, since the closest thing to social media that I use is OT! and YouTube, so let me do a quick research...
After researching, I don't know, I have no opinion on this.
After researching, I don't know, I have no opinion on this.
Digital minimalism... Sounds like it's something which has to do with minimalist digitalised things... I don't really know what to say about it.
Define what is Digital Minimalism
Corne2Plum3 wrote:
Define what is Digital Minimalism
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It should be fairly obvious: a digital lifestyle characterized by spareness and simplicity. Less social media, or not at all, less clutter in the way you manage your digital life, less of everything, strapped to the bare minimum.Corne2Plum3 wrote:
Define what is Digital Minimalism
I eschew nearly all forms of social media/online presence, but am not really doing it deliberately in order to be a minimalist. I just don't like doing things that I see as a waste of time, and find interacting with others to be not worthwhile in most cases. I suspect many others feel this way as well.
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Besides YouTube and reddit, I don't use a lot of social media. I have a Facebook and Instagram account done as jokes, on burner email accounts. I have a Twitter I don't use anymore and I only used Twitter because I was extra bored waiting for my train home. I have a reddit, which I use only when I am bored of YouTube. YouTube is the only social media platform I use, simply because it is most varied.EnigmaticG wrote:
I eschew nearly all forms of social media/online presence, but am not really doing it deliberately in order to be a minimalist. I just don't like doing things that I see as a waste of time, and find interacting with others to be not worthwhile in most cases. I suspect many others feel this way as well.
Pretty much sums up my situation.EnigmaticG wrote:
I eschew nearly all forms of social media/online presence, but am not really doing it deliberately in order to be a minimalist. I just don't like doing things that I see as a waste of time, and find interacting with others to be not worthwhile in most cases. I suspect many others feel this way as well.
Minimalist lifestyle on social media is only for show from what I've seen, it's kind of ridiculous sometimes.
I'm a nerd so not ready for this
On a purely base level, no, I don't agree with removing the clutter out of the internet, we don't need to simplify everything to it's purest form, clutter chaos and excess is part of the charm of the internet, it's the reason why so many people are nostalgic over the early internet.
Now, after seeing at it online, people seem to treat "digital minimalism" more as a way to recude the screentime on their phones, specially with social media and infinite scrolling, this I agree more, I think it's fine if you just want to log out of social media, but then I disagree with the choice of words
it's not a lifestyle, you're not a "Digital minimalist", you just want to use your phone less and that is okay, there doesn't need to exist a social tribe or some sort of movement for you to do things, if you think that is going to be good for you, do it, but I don't agree with this being marketed with a lifestyle
Now, after seeing at it online, people seem to treat "digital minimalism" more as a way to recude the screentime on their phones, specially with social media and infinite scrolling, this I agree more, I think it's fine if you just want to log out of social media, but then I disagree with the choice of words
it's not a lifestyle, you're not a "Digital minimalist", you just want to use your phone less and that is okay, there doesn't need to exist a social tribe or some sort of movement for you to do things, if you think that is going to be good for you, do it, but I don't agree with this being marketed with a lifestyle
what potato said
In time comes, there's going to be a situation where social media is essential in any case - or surrounding yourself with digital technology. Change can happen regardless even when we do not like it - and that sucks. And Patatitta clearly made most of my points here.Patatitta wrote:
On a purely base level, no, I don't agree with removing the clutter out of the internet, we don't need to simplify everything to it's purest form, clutter chaos and excess is part of the charm of the internet, it's the reason why so many people are nostalgic over the early internet.
Now, after seeing at it online, people seem to treat "digital minimalism" more as a way to recude the screentime on their phones, specially with social media and infinite scrolling, this I agree more, I think it's fine if you just want to log out of social media, but then I disagree with the choice of words
it's not a lifestyle, you're not a "Digital minimalist", you just want to use your phone less and that is okay, there doesn't need to exist a social tribe or some sort of movement for you to do things, if you think that is going to be good for you, do it, but I don't agree with this being marketed with a lifestyle
Don't take Digital Minimalism as your boasting achievement to rub on someone's face by indirectly telling them "I spend less time on socialising digitally unlike you". That's your goal? Go ahead, no one's stopping you.
Unrelated Note:
Going back to being dumb. :3c