For the full post and ways to stay connected should this become a permanent parting, type "meta pause" in the comments and the 🔵 ⏸️ link will slide into your DMs. "While I will miss the personal connections and updates I receive via these platforms, I give up. The algorithms have accomplished what they intend to do to those of us who attempt to create our own and simplify others’ content: lessen the spread of information that the algorithms deem unworthy of being seen by those who have chosen to follow. We have seen this around politics, Palestine, and other resources that live outside the Metaverse. With multiple manuscripts being worked on, a love of writing here on Substack, and a community that stays in touch via a mailing list, it is becoming clear that I will find more joy by focusing my energy on platforms that build and nurture relationships based on mutuality and agency rather than manipulation and algorithms. Meta has felt particularly sinister as of late, so part of this...