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I'm a 30s fellow and I do this as well. I'm all calls/text message + video calls via Signal/Wire/Skype.

I don't understand the desire to publicly broadcast things and none of my friends have had an issue with it. Of course, my friends are mostly technical or privacy-oriented folks.

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A broadcast may be worthwhile when it carries measurable value and: produces unsigned side effects [0]; produces manageable signed side effects [1].

I’m 24, deleted Facebook at 18, WhatsApp last year, and I too am all calls (and emails for longform or bit sharing). I still observe HN, Twitter [2], domain-specific newsletters for value, and occasionally share when there’s value to be added.

While I might have to manage debris, I see value.

[0] https://arxiv.org/rss/cs

[1] https://twitter.com

[2] A meticulously curated, filtered stream.

Texting and callung are very different, sync vs. async.

They are indeed. I prefer to act within the boundaries of bare reality and leverage technology for value-oriented scenarios. I feel business-driven, cognition-altering escape palaces are wrathful, detrimental environments.

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