Deleting Instagram

This morning I posted the following on all three of my Insta accounts:

 

I'm returning to blogging - right now you can find me on my blog - https://www.theporchpostscript.com/

and you can find my photography - https://www.stacypetersen.com/ 

I haven't made the decision on a specific place for the art part of my life yet, but I'll announce that on The Porch Postscript when and if I do. You can also find me on Substack - https://theporchpostscript.substack.com/

In the last month, I've left the IG completely. Was it because of all the changes? No not really. The changes made me lose interest. I joined IG for photography and a place filled with artists and makers. This isn't that place anymore. It's time to go back to blogging and build something I want rather than chase what the algorithm wants. 

I plan to delete all of my accounts in a few weeks. Yes, I did say delete. I've downloaded the data and am now ready to cut the cord and delete it. About a month ago I took the app off my phone and iPad. I haven't been on until this morning and I found no urge to scroll, just to post and leave.

The vibes on IG have changed so much since I started over there a few years ago. I loved it for the photography and the space for makers to share what they were doing. Over the past couple of years, I've watched it morph into an overstimulating hell hole of reels and ads. It's all about keeping you trapped in the scroll. I'm a rebel and I don't do what's expected of me or what I'm told. I won't conform to their box and follow their rules algorithm. 

I hope you'll join me on this journey back home so to speak, read more about that in the post - Reinventing Myself to Come Back to Myself.