WCML 035.5: Authentic Connection vs. the Facebook “Like” button, with Schmutzie aka Elan Morgan

For two weeks, a self-imposed strike
From clicking the button marked “Like.”
Now Schmutzie’s agreed
To speak of her feed
And chat with a queer and a dyke.

Schmutzie has been experimenting with not clicking the “Like” button on Facebook, and inspired by her, Kyeli and I have too. Here’s what we’ve noticed about our Facebook feeds, our connections, our illusions of connections, and vulnerability.

And Instagram, because why not.

Highlights:

  • Schmutzie’s “don’t click Like” experiment
  • How it affected her feed
  • How it affected her connections
  • nobody notices when you stop liking things
  • “connection-flavored junk food”
  • Facebook lists
  • Instagram
  • The “Love > Like” Facebook group
  • ending conversations. “I hereby declare this conversation to be at a reasonable stopping point.”
  • feeling guilty or rude
  • liking pages
  • my Pathfinding group
  • authentic connections on the internet
  • people think of online as a “fake place”
  • “Vulnerability is my spiritual practice.” -Elan Morgan
  • “The more vulnerable I get, the more awesome my life is.” -Kyeli
  • commenting “like”, smileys, and hearts

Links:

You can find Schmutzie at schmutzie.com. You can find Elan Morgan at elanmorgan.com. They are the same person, so those links will both take you to the same place.

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