At first we all used to have our own websites, then places like Facebook and Instagram came along, and drew us in.
Now with the algorithm dictating the terms, most sites promoting short form video in the hope of caching in on the TikTok trend, many promoting ideas that half of the population do not agree with; now many photographers are moving off these site that no longer seem to work for photographers. The question is where to go?
I have moved over to the Mastodon from Twitter a few years ago and recently started to post pictures to Pixelfed as well as Instagram. I have deleted my Facebook account, and am looking at getting rid of Instagram. As a photo sharing site it’s now pretty poor but I still find it useful to keep in contact with models.
Surprisingly one site from the past seems to be making a come back is Flickr I have recently started to post there again.
Doom strolling is certainly bad for us and being more selective with our social media can be nothing but good.