Topic Tuesday//Designing your online world//Tues. 16 Jan. 7pm - 9pm AEDT

[Lonely_Together]

Just reading posts about notifications (which I have turned off for Facebook - or at least most of them, I might get the occasional one if someone tags me) but I just checked my e-mail and I have 40+ notifications from tonight's discussion!  Guess I'll be working out how to turn off these forum notifications very, very soon....  😉

Completely agree with the idea of having to choose when to log in, not being bombarded by 24/7 messages!

[Former-Member]

@Phoenix_Rising It's a bit special here, isn't it?

[Mazarita]

I might be covering ground that's already been dealt with earlier in the session, but what @Former-Member said about news reminded me. I only read the news online, not watch it on TV or listen on radio. I find I have more control over how I respond to it in print rather than other media. The news to me is so horrendous at this time in history, I just find myself despairing if I get into it too much. Sometimes I even only read the headlines and that's enough to know what's going down and that I don't need to torture myself with the details.

[Former-Member]

We've got about ten minutes to go, so one last topic:

Share the joy!

A lot of this discussion has been about safety, protection and avoiding negative experiences. But the online world is so fun! So let’s end by sharing some joy – what are the awesome sites, accounts, memes and other fun stuff you can recommend?

Here are a couple of mine to start us off:

@a_moments_rest is a Twitter account that inserts peaceful, neutral posts into your feed — I looooove it

Colossal features gorgeous and unusual art and design

[Former-Member]

@Mazarita I do exactly the same thing! My parents visited me recently, and they put the TV news on -- it was sooo weird. I'm used to choosing what news I read online! Much prefer it that way.

[Phoenix_Rising]

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@Lonely_Together wrote:

I have 40+ notifications from tonight's discussion!  Guess I'll be working out how to turn off these forum notifications very, very soon....  😉

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@Lonely_Together giggle. I think I must have turned off all my FB notifications the day I signed up for FB - I can't remember even getting any! I know I turned off all the notifications from Forum Land within days of landing here. I really don't know how anyone gets anything done with social media notifications coming through all the time. That would definitely cook my brain! 

[Mazarita]

For the good side of social media (aside from the forum, which I do consider social media)... I go searching for independent artists online, musicians, visual arts, video makers, poets, writers and that kind of thing. This is my area of interest and delight. 

[Former-Member]

I love watching youtube complilations of unlikely animal friendships - makes me smile everytime!! 

[Lonely_Together]

I won't share any personal photos on here, but I love seeing pictures of my nephews or of my friends' pets when I log onto Facebook.  That always brightens my day! 🙂

[Former-Member]

@Mazarita That sounds ace -- I've found so much great stuff on Bandcamp, Soundcloud and the other independent music sites. If there's a site you can recommend, go for it!