I’ve been finding it hard to post recently because I don’t want to get sucked in to social media being my whole life again the way it was when I was on Twitter. But of course that’s resulted in me pulling back too much and I’m trying to find the middle ground. Sorry for all the meta but this is a real struggle for me atm!
I think it is difficult problem to solve, Is your social media attached to a desktop computer or mobile smart phone? The latter is with people 24/7 (or appears to be the case for many) so people feel they have to respond in more real time.
I log in to Mastodon via netbook / desktop so perhaps respond o things when I decide to login to Mstodon. That does seem to help keep things under control.
I am not obsessed with social media anyway so mastodons lack of algorithms means I am not made to feel guilty for not responding or even logging in for a few days.
So don't worry if you just login here once a week for example that is fine.
@zleap thanks! Yeah, I’m on my phone and that might well be part of the problem, you’re right. I’m trying to stop being on my phone all the time but it’s a hard habit to break.