As I mentioned previously, I was sort of reinventing my social media presence when I first joined Mastodon during the last run through this course. I was really struggling to think who I should follow, and the resulting poor fit of my subsequent network has been one reason why I’ve not really clicked with that platform. I’ve subsequently started picked up a new hobby (bookbinding), which has sent me down related rabbit holes (early manuscript-making, illumination, medieval history, monastic life). This has given me many more options and has allowed me to be more directed — more *intentional* — in whom I follow. Let’s see if that makes a difference in how I feel about Mastodon, and how it works for me!
Took me a while to figure out what I could speak about. I started to think: wait a minute it is like a journal where you try to be clear for others. So let’s treat it as an experiment.
So here is my experiment:
Title that summarise my intention (be intentional)
One idea
Another idea
A question
Some hashtag
Response to myself with a kind of opening thought (I didn’t have space)
Took me 25 min
Got inspired by Caitlin, will try to mix also drawing and thinking
I continue to untangle my relationship with social media platforms. I am not much on social media platforms lately. For now, I will continue to lurk on Mastodon.
I mentioned in Lesson 2. Curiosity – https://pkm.jarche.ca/2-curiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 – “I continue to be curious and want to learn more about being a Carer.” I am striving to make sense of my roles – daughter, carer, power of attorney, driver, and other roles yet to discover and emerge.
I don’t know what role Mastodon will have as part of my social engagement on the topics for carer. I currently follow the hashtags caregiving, caregiver, and carer. I notice companion hashtags of health circumstances, e.g., dementia, Alzheimer, etc. So far, based on the hashtags I follow, I’ve not found much activity.
My family, friends, and friends of friends have been my network for guidance and support. I help out my Mom, who chooses to live independently yet recently surrendered her driver’s license. I have been chipping at better organizing my Mom’s affairs, e.g., banking, health, bills, insurance, etc.. She leads an analog life – no computer, simple flip phone, minimal digital presence, no wifi. Lately, with a few friends having recently passed, she has been talking about plans for her memorial and funeral.
Apparently I cannot see all the people you follow, am I doing something wrong?
I checked my Privacy settings and you should be able to see who I am following.
I can see just about 40 follows, including myself. What about you, Caitlin?
Glad you/Harold shared about Privacy settings, as I have adjusted mine, as well.
As I mentioned previously, I was sort of reinventing my social media presence when I first joined Mastodon during the last run through this course. I was really struggling to think who I should follow, and the resulting poor fit of my subsequent network has been one reason why I’ve not really clicked with that platform. I’ve subsequently started picked up a new hobby (bookbinding), which has sent me down related rabbit holes (early manuscript-making, illumination, medieval history, monastic life). This has given me many more options and has allowed me to be more directed — more *intentional* — in whom I follow. Let’s see if that makes a difference in how I feel about Mastodon, and how it works for me!
Check out Claire on Mastodon https://h-net.social/@ClaireFromClare
Took me a while to figure out what I could speak about. I started to think: wait a minute it is like a journal where you try to be clear for others. So let’s treat it as an experiment.
So here is my experiment:
Title that summarise my intention (be intentional)
One idea
Another idea
A question
Some hashtag
Response to myself with a kind of opening thought (I didn’t have space)
Took me 25 min
Got inspired by Caitlin, will try to mix also drawing and thinking
I continue to untangle my relationship with social media platforms. I am not much on social media platforms lately. For now, I will continue to lurk on Mastodon.
I mentioned in Lesson 2. Curiosity – https://pkm.jarche.ca/2-curiosity/comment-page-1/#comment-2264 – “I continue to be curious and want to learn more about being a Carer.” I am striving to make sense of my roles – daughter, carer, power of attorney, driver, and other roles yet to discover and emerge.
I don’t know what role Mastodon will have as part of my social engagement on the topics for carer. I currently follow the hashtags caregiving, caregiver, and carer. I notice companion hashtags of health circumstances, e.g., dementia, Alzheimer, etc. So far, based on the hashtags I follow, I’ve not found much activity.
My family, friends, and friends of friends have been my network for guidance and support. I help out my Mom, who chooses to live independently yet recently surrendered her driver’s license. I have been chipping at better organizing my Mom’s affairs, e.g., banking, health, bills, insurance, etc.. She leads an analog life – no computer, simple flip phone, minimal digital presence, no wifi. Lately, with a few friends having recently passed, she has been talking about plans for her memorial and funeral.