A good way I've found to accomplish #4 -- Purge your algorithms of doom -- is to use a non-algorithmic, non-flashy, non-ad saturated newsreader.
Personally, I like Inoreader, which allows up to 150 RSS (and other types of) feeds in its free version, is both app- and web-based. No, I'm not affiliated with Inoreader -- I just like what they're doing.
Also, for #5 -- Take an educational approach to posting -- in addition to "focus[ing] on posting information and context," I would add a focus on posting SOLUTIONS. Two examples of this would be: posting links to organizations that are helping the less-fortunate, and boosting (sharing, re-tweeting, etc.) posts by those organizations.
I will definitely check out the Inoreader! And I totally agree on solutions being important/sharing the posts of organizations doing the work. Posting about solutions can be tricky though: a lot of the time, the solution to major problems (climate change/Gaza/shootings, etc.) is going to be political, and it's easy for this to get bogged back down in flamewars. It's still worth discussing those solutions, but traditional social media might not be the place unless you're capable of totally disengaging from the comments and the discourse around it. (Some of us maybe started Substacks to give us a smaller community of slightly less random/more like-minded people to discuss those sorts of solutions.)
A good way I've found to accomplish #4 -- Purge your algorithms of doom -- is to use a non-algorithmic, non-flashy, non-ad saturated newsreader.
Personally, I like Inoreader, which allows up to 150 RSS (and other types of) feeds in its free version, is both app- and web-based. No, I'm not affiliated with Inoreader -- I just like what they're doing.
Also, for #5 -- Take an educational approach to posting -- in addition to "focus[ing] on posting information and context," I would add a focus on posting SOLUTIONS. Two examples of this would be: posting links to organizations that are helping the less-fortunate, and boosting (sharing, re-tweeting, etc.) posts by those organizations.
Great article. Thanks for the read.
I will definitely check out the Inoreader! And I totally agree on solutions being important/sharing the posts of organizations doing the work. Posting about solutions can be tricky though: a lot of the time, the solution to major problems (climate change/Gaza/shootings, etc.) is going to be political, and it's easy for this to get bogged back down in flamewars. It's still worth discussing those solutions, but traditional social media might not be the place unless you're capable of totally disengaging from the comments and the discourse around it. (Some of us maybe started Substacks to give us a smaller community of slightly less random/more like-minded people to discuss those sorts of solutions.)