How many of you actually use microblogs?

I used Twitter for a very short bit, and that was simply to follow updates from content creators from youtube and other sites. After Musk took over, I deleted my account, and that was a few days before the massive data breach.

I've been trying Mastodon, and just started getting used to it. But the nature of it compared to Twitter is it is very manual, like you have to make a deliberate effort to find the content you want to follow rather than it being pushed to you. There is a front page kinda, but it doesn't update frequently enough to justify browsing. I don't know if it is a Mastodon thing or a problem with all microblogs, but it kinda feels like I'm talking to Noone half the time compared to kbin and lemmy.

I've actually found it easier to interact with Mastodon via Kbin's microblog feature. I just tend to see more post I normally wouldn't see via Mastodon, and get a lot more interaction as well. In the end, kbin might just be my hub for community interaction and microblogging.

I browse tumblr from time to time, but mostly to follow certain artists work, and get memes and creations from certain fanbases I follow.

I've thought about it. I used to post somewhat rarely back when I did the whole twitter/tumblr thing. Really, I was just thinking of using it as a personal blog and writing down whatever observation came to mind as important enough.

Since I tend to really learn things mainly through rubber ducking it, keeping a running train of thought about my hobbies, etc. would really be helpful to me. Especially where linguistics is involved since I'd be forced to write down the words/facts I'm learning. I figured I could just probably not tag the ones that were just personal rambling so I wouldn't bother anyone.

........but then the very next day, I went into a whole mental spiral like I always do, and I remembered once again why I've never done any sort of journaling for more than a week. Nobody wants to see a live feed of a depressive psychotic break, least of all me the next morning.

I will happily check for and respond to others' microblogs, at least, and some hobbies have a lot more activity there than on the forum side. I'm still really waiting on being able to adequately keep up with mastodon users. Kbin still lacks a dedicated feed for that