Less is More, My Friend

Daily writing prompt

In what ways do you communicate online?

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I’m trying to say less online and have it mean more.

You can’t run your mouth all the time and expect anyone to listen. And you can’t be shouting and swearing and the ubiquitous ‘calling people out’ and not grind your followers’ patience to a nub.

I curate what I post online (Facebook and Threads are the platforms I use) and I’m very careful about commenting on others’ posts. Advocacy, facts, humor, personal vignettes that might be found helpful or thought-provoking – that’s my inventory.

My new parsimoniousness comes out of wanting to be wise. So, if you follow the shibboleth that ‘you are who you pretend to be,’ I figure if I act like a sage, I might eventually become one.

Therefore, in the spirit of ‘less is more,’ I will stop right here.

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