{"id":6462,"date":"2021-08-04T22:45:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T22:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2021-08-04T22:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T22:45:39","slug":"try-wt-social","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2021\/08\/04\/try-wt-social\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Wt.Social"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6463\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2021\/08\/04\/try-wt-social\/noun_network_54119\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119.png\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"noun_Network_54119\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6463\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119.png 512w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/noun_Network_54119-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many are quick to criticize the limitations and the evils of social media, but continue to add their content to the same &#8220;services&#8221; they criticize. The reason tends to be that this is where the folks they want to interact with are. This problem is called the network effect. It becomes a circular problem &#8211; you don&#8217;t join a network because your friends aren&#8217;t there and your friends don&#8217;t join because you aren&#8217;t there. Make the first move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Make the commitment to spend some time on a different service even if it means cross-posting comments. My suggestion for an alternative to Facebook would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifewire.com\/wt-social-what-it-is-and-how-to-use-it-4783366\">wt.social<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/wt.social\">WT.Social<\/a> was started by Jimmy Wales the developer of wikipedia. It is based on friends and what are called subwikis. Think of a subwiki as a topic or interest group. You follow people and participate in subwikis. This produces a feed that resembles your newsfeed in Facebook. Bring a few friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wt.social is supported by contributions rather than ads. 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