Andre Franca

Andre Updates: June, 2022

Published: July 1, 2022
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Tagged: #monthly-updates.

This is an update on what happened in the previous month.

šŸ“ Blogging

About two months ago, I made my first post on this blog, and I’m glad that I still have the urge to keep writing.

Many of the things I write on this site could be published in a short form on Mastodon and would certainly have a wider reach. But I confess that I don’t feel comfortable with this kind of interaction.

When I write on my website, I have my own rhythm. I can control whether I want to speak a lot or a little, be more substantial or specific, and there is no pressure for needing to be interacting in a way that is often superficial or instantaneous.

I have the impression that every time I open my feed, something mysterious says that I have to boost someone’s post, or that I have to comment on something, or that I have to post something randomly, even if irrelevant.

Furthermore, I have so many things to worry about in my life, to the point of really getting irritated when scrolling my timeline and reading things, for example, ā€œtoday is very coldā€, or ā€œhi thereā€. Seriously, what is the need for this type of post? It also bothers me that someone who has something interesting to say has been called attention because he didn’t put a ā€œUSPOLā€ CW. Is it serious that people are so sensitive to opinions and content that they can’t move on to the next post on their own, in case they don’t want to read a ā€œUSPOLā€ post, for example?

Ok, maybe I’m too strict with my way of thinking, because I try to ask myself why I do something before I do it. So, for me to feel good, I try to be distant (not isolated) from social networks.

Also, I noticed that in the last few days I’ve been receiving emails with comments about my posts. This is a great way for me to interact with people.

Below are the posts from the previous month:

šŸ“– Reading

I’ve picked these three articles that I read in the past month.

šŸ˜Ž Other

John Oliver came up with another cool video explaining the modus operandi of big techs.

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