Aaron Mou

I have been feeling lately that I need to take control over how my media is seen and presented online. Using major social media outlets is great, but I feel in the current timeline I am living in, its evident that the the large corporations that provide media hosting, such as; X, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, etc etc are seen beside and financially funding a political leader that goes against my values. These apps are now promoting and fostering racism, hate, division, anger and fear. This is not the same platforms I joined a 2 decades ago. They are now designed and feature all the same insidious feature. Short form vertical content. I look back to the days when we would go to personal websites. We didn’t get lost in an endless scroll. Our friends emailed their vacation pictures. I ask myself, whats stopping me from going back, there’s no reason I can’t take back control in my own life. I have a fear that people won’t see what I post but honestly lets break that down. Why do I care about people I don’t know or ever will meet seeing my photos? I should be focused on the bonds of the people around me instead of the allure of internet fame. I’d much rather be a figure in the community I live in reality rather then a digital environment that will forget me if I stop posting several times a day. I’m looking into counselling for further development of how I can make the shift in a healthy way.