inessential by Brent Simmons

Jean MacDonald writes a message to her friends at Facebook as she’s leaving the website:

The more time I spend on Micro.blog, the worse I feel about participating in other social networks: the creepy targeted advertising, the outrage, the endless lists of tips that imply something is wrong with me, all the notifications and suggestions that are intended to capture more of my time and attention for the benefit of the platform.