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Apr 27, 2022Liked by Robyn Ryle

Don't keep everything to yourself. I enjoy reading your thoughts.

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Thanks, Sandy! I should have said, I'll be saving them all up for the newsletter!

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It is thought provoking to read your take on a topic that is always something new and fresh, Robyn. Thank you for this!!!

For me, it is within the confines of your newsletter or one of your books.

After, deactivating my FCB account months and months ago, I have never looked back and never felt better!!;)

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Thanks, Ann. There is such freedom in stepping away, although Madison is so FB-driven, I feel like it's hard to know what's happening around town.

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I deleted all my Facebook owned accounts a while back and it's been wonderful. I also stepped back from Twitter in small chunks. First by deleting the app from my phone. Then just deleting my old posts and no longer posting. I've stopped trying to think of pithy short things to say, and instead will save ideas up for conversations with friends or longer writing. Or just let them exist only in my mind, because really, who needs to hear it?

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I love the idea of saving those thoughts for--gasp!--actual conversations with other human beings! Yes, and essays. Bravo for deleting all the FB-owned accounts. Haven't gotten there, yet, but definitely envious.

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Robyn, your post on Twitter has been on my mind since you wrote it last April. In fact, it inspired me to think about why I'm not on Twitter. I got around to writing about that (in slightly more than 280 characters, he says, with tongue firmly planted-in-cheek) and referenced your post in reason #3. You can find it here: https://moretocome.net/2022/08/01/why-im-not-on-twitter/. And I deleted my FB account almost 10 years ago...so this is part of a pattern.

Thanks, as always, for your insightful writing.

David

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Thanks so much, David! Great post. I loved the Tweets you pulled for your post. You're absolutely right that the level of dialogue we get on Twitter is not what we need right now. And, ugh, Ted Cruz looking for this mentions during a Congressional hearing!

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