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1 --- 2 title: "My Social Media Accounts" 3 date: 2024-01-02T12:39:23-08:00 4 lastmod: 2024-01-03T15:56:33-08:00 5 draft: false 6 categories: 7 - Personal 8 --- 9 10 Today, I followed [these 11 instructions](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1336653/hibernate-your-linkedin-account?lang=en-us&intendedLocale=en) 12 and "hibernated" my LinkedIn account. I had to take an extra step to 13 disconnect my account from a "LinkedIn Learning Enterprise license", which 14 is two jobs old now (I hope it wasn't costing them anything), but otherwise 15 it was a painless process. Unless I find myself really missing access to the 16 LinkedIn network, I expect to close the account entirely by the end of the 17 year. 18 19 Since [I last wrote about social media]({{< ref "instagram-sentiment" >}}), 20 I've deleted several accounts: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Goodreads 21 spring to mind. There's _something_ to miss about each of these platforms, 22 but overall none of them were worth hanging onto: first, [recent trends]({{< 23 ref "website-update" >}}) suggest that they'll only become less relevant; 24 secondly, I need to be more mindful about what personal information I share 25 online [now that scammers pretend to be me]({{< ref 26 "my-house-is-not-for-rent" >}}). 27 28 {{< aside >}} After I posted this, I learned about [Steven Hoefer's 29 "Deletey"](https://stevesberg.com/2023/12/the_annual_tradition_of_deletey/): 30 31 > The goal of Deletey is to order and streamline ones digital life, reduce 32 > one's online footprint, and reduce cognitive load and clutter from 33 > personal technology. 34 35 There must be something about the New Year that makes it feel like a good 36 time to tidy up. 37 {{< / aside >}} 38 39 If you wound up here looking to get in touch, email is the best way to reach 40 me---I'd love to hear what you're up to. I'm also fairly active[^activity] 41 on [Mastodon/the Fediverse](https://social.coop/@eamon)[^fedi] these days 42 too. 43 44 [^activity]: I'm currently averaging over four posts per day and ought to 45 reign that in a bit. 46 47 [^fedi]: I have a quiet Pixelfed account for friends and family; if you have 48 an account on (just about) any Fediverse server and want to see a 49 collection of mostly pics of my kids, let me know.