Sharing it all on social media

Has social media stopped sparking joy? Did it ever? Who knows how to maintain a healthy relationship with either the internet OR running?

It’s either happenstance or its a reflection of the current mood in the camp, but two of the newsletters I regularly read posted this week about the slow but definite ebb away from social media.

I recently went a whole two weeks between grid posts on Instagram. It’s really the only channel I use to ‘promote’ this publication, even though I’ve actually got about 50% more subscribers to this newsletter than followers on Instagram. It’s not the normal way around.

Either way, Twitter died as soon as I began this trip of writing about running. I tried Threads but it’s just brands talking amongst themselves (and I count as a brand in this instance). Bluesky kinda feels like Old Twitter, but I just don’t have the 2007-level energy required to build that up.

IG’s algorithms are janky, but I still get enough good stuff for myself to keep it a worthwhile venture. Sure, it took three days to get my wife’s latest post in my feed (even though I was in it), but I did get to stay on top of the latest e…