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On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:24:43 EST, Shay wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:07:50 EST, Shay wrote:
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>> Very cool, I'll check out the stuff your bot posts (I don't have an X
>> account, so if I have to log in, that sadly won't happen)
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> Good on you. I had a bot before I quit in the late teens. I've thought
> about turning it back on for a while but waited until any temptation to
> actually look at X content had long passed. I did take a quick look
> around, because some friends followed and I wanted to see what they were
> up to, but the sameness (same takes, same sports, same gossip) turned my
> stomach. X is 100% safe for me now because I've zero temptation to read
> it. Social media is a cancer, BUT all of my work comes from networking
> (five years in business and I haven't had a single cold call), so
> reminding people I'm still alive (or at least my bot is) is important.
> And it gives me an excuse to go back and visit the decades of projects
> and interests I've fed it with: images, stories, poems, and hobbies I'd
> forgotten.
Yeah, I've got a few social media accounts that are there for keeping in
touch with folks who are there, but otherwise, I don't tend to spend a lot
of time up there myself apart from a couple FB groups that I agreed to
admin.
I just started my own business, so LinkedIn is somewhat a "necessary
evil", so I think of it as a creative outlet for work-related content.
The business is pretty new and I'm seeking clients, and am a member of
several professional orgs related to the business, so staying in contact
there is necessary.
But I avoided Twitter/X/Bluesky and most of those kinds of things; mostly
online forums and groups like these are what have sustained my need for
interaction online with people.
--
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and
besides, the pig likes it." - George Bernard Shaw
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