Effin has been making God Tier music for too long to not be held at the esteem he deserves.
Dude's sound design and mastering is next level and such a breath of fresh air in a world that is so copy>paste.
Listen to Effin presents: Up, Up, and Away (Hot Air Balloon Set) by Effin on #SoundCloud
I entered the social media realm in the days of Xanga and MySpace. I was an early user of Facebook, a frontiersman in the Twitterverse... The relationship with social media runs deep in my veins.
Lately, however, I am finding that the platforms that once brought people together, helped me rekindle lost friendships, and eventually nurtured what was to become my marriage... Had become a cesspool of misinformation and indoctrination to political & religious ideologies that I "was the model demographic for". A place that once helped create and discover, was now a targeted ad Hell boasting the opinions of people who would have otherwise never given that soapbox to stand on in the past.
Enough was enough. It was time to separate from all things Meta and Twitter. I had been down the lonely road of sobriety with my partner already. People you once considered to be close friends stop calling and messaging. You don't get the invites to the same events you used to. You start to realize that the surface level community you thought you had was essentially trauma bonding off of a shared addiction. You understand how truly small your circle really is.
I am curious if anybody has gone "tech-sober" and experienced a similar progression of silence from friends? How did you get through it, and what helped you reconnect with your community?
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