It was daunting at first to leave a place I regularly posted on for 10+ years and made so many connections through, but I don’t even think about it at this point. It became such a cesspool of bad vibes in the past couple years.
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just realized it's been 10 years since i left twitter. it wasn't as horrible as it is now, but i'm glad i did.
Mar 18, 2025
I haven’t been on Twitter for years and hardly touch FB, but I had been an active user on Instagram since 2012. I really like taking and sharing photos, and that had always been a fun place to do it.
No more.
With the changes the content moderation changes they’re making, leaving LGBTQ+ folks vulnerable to be targeted; their rolling back of DEI programs; their willing participation in far-right rhetoric and politics; it’s all too much and I’m out.
As if Meta’s platform hadn’t already been increasingly enshittified, this was the final straw to announce how much worse it will get.
And you know what? It feels freeing. Better to leave it behind and find new platforms to connect with people.
Jan 22, 2025
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used to be very into reddit in my edgelord high schooler years. at some point it dawned on me that the general vibe there is pretty negative, at least on the main feed there’s prolly some lovely little subreddit communities out there. I started to realize that I didn’t enjoy the experience of being on the site, the memes felt very self-referential (making memes about memes for the sake of making more memes, it didn’t make for very stimulating content), and the interest based communities felt more argumentative than friendly discussion. it felt like I spent hours scrolling to find something that would hold my interest beyond the malaise of r/me_irl type posts and the same repeat r/askreddit threads.
eventually i figured out that i could find what i liked about reddit elsewhere (got really into youtube video essays) and that I felt better using my time differently. had a similar thought process with twitter a few years ago too. i still have a reddit account for the few times it pays to find niche info on specific subreddits, but I haven’t browsed regularly in probably 8 years.
May 17, 2024
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The perfect lil snack for when you don’t want a big snack
Apr 3, 2024
Here it is, folks! Volume I of what could very well be a continuous project. Thank you so much to everyone that submitted - I smiled the entire time I was putting this together. It's best listened to with headphones ☺️
Liner Notes:
This collection of field recordings is a collaborative effort with users of PI.FYI, each of which recorded their own pieces. It features audio from all over the world and exhibits eclectic moments from London Underground commutes to cuckoo bird calls in Dhaka to the sounds of a century-old American diner.
Online communities like PI.FYI often represent a diverse set of people, places, and experiences, but together, the submissions form a living collage that highlights the commonalities of modern life - a unifying message for such a tumultuous time. The first track features all of the sounds played at once in an attempt to create an audio snapshot of an online community but in their offline lives.
The individual recordings are unedited except for minor gain and compression adjustments for consistency across the collection.
Mar 29, 2025
