Om leaving Facebook

Om Malik has a post on leaving Facebook for good:

Why? Because I don’t need it and don’t miss it. I left, not because of the company’s dodgy approach to privacy, data accumulation or its continued denial of its impact on shaping modern society. I left because it was making me someone I am not — someone who lives life through the eyes of others.

He also mentions Instagram and focusing more on his own photo blog:

I have started a photo blog — where I cross post all photos I share on Instagram. I think it is a matter of time, before it becomes my primary spot for sharing photos.

As I read this, Jon and I are wrapping up Sunlit 2.2, which will ship on Tuesday. It’s a Micro.blog companion app just for photos. I recorded a short preview video here.

Chris Neale

this post title should get the “Not a typo” pin

Manton Reece

@cn 🙂

Tim VanBenschoten

looking forward to the new version of sunlit!

tones

the new sunlit looks great. (i've just deactivated my instagram with a view to possibly deleting it... i'm posting all my pics to my microblog now.)

Simon Woods

As soon as me and my partner are on iOS I'll be ready to dump Instagram for at least two new blogs. I love how the price point is for publishing, even though I'd be more than happy to also pay for the app; the depth of thought is evident in this dynamic, where the cost (and therefore importance) is placed on where your photos are stored for the public.

Careful and considerate thinking is one of my favourite behaviours and when it is combined with clean execution of an idea, everything is just brilliant. 👏

Brad Barrish

really cannot wait to get the new version of Sunlit. Looks awesome.

Manton Reece

@simonwoods Thank you!

Craig Phillips

Can't wait for the new Sunlit release :) 👍🏻

Manton Reece

@khurt I didn't read it that way. I thought it was more about how change is slow, and Om wasn't in a hurry to leave Instagram. But he knew his photo blog would eventually be the focus.

Manton Reece

@khurt Maybe, but in a way there's a much greater cost for "celebrities" to leave a major social network. It's easier for the rest of us to stop using Instagram because we don't have a huge audience there anyway. We can do what feels right without worrying about the business impact.

Manton Reece @manton
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