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Tiffany Francis-Baker's avatar

Thanks so much for sharing this - you inspired me to write a similar piece on Medium this week! https://medium.com/@tiffany.francis/the-death-of-instagram-is-setting-me-free-7ad3cd4473d4 I have always struggled with social media, had a big break a few years ago but went back to it for 'work reasons'. I am a writer and illustrator and make all my money through sharing my work, but I realised over the last few weeks and months that it was absolutely crushing my creativity. I'm now making a new communications plan so I can still share my work without Instagram, and I won't be using it anymore. I think we are all so convinced we 'need' it to run a successful online business/service but it's just not true - congrats!!! I hope you love your new freedom as much as I do! xx

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Sorry I don’t know your name to say hi - but hi!! I just came over from todays post. Gosh I really heard how much there was to overcome here. I’m not “big” on socials but I have a friend with an interiors account who is and he’s described it as a feeding frenzy a few times.

Good for you I say! I don’t engage with you tube much but I’ll go support you over there too.

What I’ve found with Substack is it’s given me my attention span back - I can now see social media for what it is and it’s connection I’m after and that comes in so many places - it’s possible here on substack I think but I’m craving the depth in real life too. Thanks for writing here! ✍️

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