The Purge

Buh-bye.

I left Twitter the very day that Musk took it over. On the day that Zuck gave the Orange Felon $1M for his inauguration, I left Threads.

There was no looking back.

I stopped using Facebook at the end of 2019 (wow... that's five years ago!) because my feed was constantly filling up with garbage posts that I wasn't interested in. I only wanted to see content from my family and friends. I had kept the account open, though, to keep in contact with family members with which this platform was the only way we kept in contact.

This week, however, I deleted my account.

I'm also in the process of getting rid of WhatsApp. I've recently opened a Signal account and encourage anyone who has my phone number to connect with me there.

The only Meta account that remains is Instagram, and that one's going to be hard to quit, though I'll probably pull the plug on it in the coming days. Say goodbye to more than 4,400 photos...

I've opened a Pixelfed account but so far, there's just one photo and it's of my ugly mug. I've only connected with two people I know and it seems a bit glitchy, so I don't know if I'll be using it much.

I closed my 500px account a few weeks ago because I wasn't using it enough and was paying too much for it, so I don't know where my photos will be shared, apart from my blog.

Next up is Amazon. I've been a Prime member for years and have enjoyed free shipping on my purchases, plus many shows on Prime Video. But I'm done with it.

I'm going to start buying local and will shop directly from manufacturers. Yes, it means that I'll have to start paying for shipping again but that's a price that I'm willing to pay if I can't actually go to a physical store and pick it up, myself.

I'm done with billionaires who suck up to fascist dictators.

Are you also doing a purge? Let me know about your alternatives.