Who else joined SpaceHey to escape consumerism?

I joined because I was a Myspace user, but it's nice that the algorithm doesn't try to sell us any products

ngl this is kinda my first social media? Recommended to by a friend because the consumerism kinda kills the experience...

I was mostly just tired of the Zucc and hoping to encounter fewer fash

Good Day Comrade! 

I totally joined for the same reasons. crazy. 

Do you like to game? Maybe you just need new friends. I got you join my group to play games as an online club of gamers groups.spacehey.com/Gameboi

I definitely joined ro escape social media that doesn't align with my values. FB's Community Standards are trash and basically pander to reichwing fascists 

Hello! Realize this thread is old, but hi...

This is exactly why I joined. I was tired of being advertised to.

Same here! I hated being advertised to every other post, made me feel like nothing more than a gear in a money making machine. I also prefer to decide for myself what I want to see instead of letting an algorithm feed it to me. This site and Tumblr (despite the fact that it advertises, its still more my speed with the lack of algorithm and the easily filtered tagging system) are the only social sites I frequent now lol

I'm here for a mix of internet and subculture nostalgia but also the perks of having a decentralized non-monopolized social media, free of algorithms and excessive advertisements/consumerism. Plus the moderation against extremism and hate speech is much more enforced here rather than platformed and promoted like on websites such as Twitter. Also the mass customizability is a good escape from corporate minimalism.  It's all around a breath of fresh air. 

yes !! i wanna connect w ppl cuz its just content and not interactions anymore :(

honestly, we've been trying to cut back on more common social media unless it's work related so I guess this still applies

Here for a number of reasons already cited. I’m still on the majors though I did purge them for about a year or so due to the algorithms, lying to Congress, etc. I did go to some other alternatives, but some tend to turn into hotbeds for hate and conspiracy theories. Spacehey comes off as unpressured and unadulterated fun with a retro feel.

i joined bc i had always heard about myspace and stuff but was sort of too late to find it before it died, and i love programming, so the fact that there were no algorithms, no targeted ads, and allowed you freedom to design your page really interested me

probably half half for me, i joined it because of both decentralization and because i miss myspace lol

i came here because i want to get away from meta. I really like that there are no ads on here, those drive me bonkers. also, partly for nostalgic reasons.
Not to mention that it's a platform that allows and encourages users to be creative in the crafting of a profile, other platforms are so streamlined that it feels like the internet has lost a lot of individuality. 

migrated from reddit to twitter to here. i quit reddit cos of the api changes, then twitter because i just couldn't stand elon musk. this website seems really chill actually and seems to be more a labour of love than something for profit. i'm mostly here cos my boyfriend showed me it tho

I wanted that old internet where it wasn't abunch of corporations trying to act human for money and not have every bit of my data sold. Also helps there is no "crypto or ai" integration.

Totally came here for the less consumerism!!

I was slightly too young to be on MySpace (I'm 26) so I'm definitely here to be able to meet new people in a place that's less centered around consuming and shopping. Especially since I struggle with not buying things impulsively and having that around me in a space where I'm just trying to interact and keep in touch with friends feels cruel. 

It's bizarre how much we've accepted it as a given that the places we keep track of everyone in our lives and meet new people online should be places where we're constantly coerced into buying stuff. I'd rather just donate to a site or pay a monthly fee but I'm aware that they do it because the money raked in from it being this way is so much more than a subscription or donation service could ever make.

totally did. i'm young enough to have grown up on algorithms, and the more i notice them, the worse it gets. it's nice to choose what i look at myself without worrying about my data getting stolen.

I joined for the meme of it (friend recommended) and I'm back and here to stay. I miss having online friends and I miss feeling in community rather than competition. 

i'd argue that this place isn't completely divested from consumerism, but it's way more...in our face, everywhere else. and like others have said, there's no A.I. integration. good.

I just joined. But definitely. I'm getting tired of the fast paced nature of other social media, especially after this most recent election. Instagram has just been too much for me. 

Absolutely. Only thing keeping me on Facebook is the marketplace and events and the only thing keeping me on insta are friends and memes. Deleted Twitter forever ago. Wish everyone would make a hard shift to Bluesky so I can delete Facebook and insta too. Made a MySpace recently but that place is DEAD and is nothing like how I remembered it. This is a cool site and I like that I don't feel the need to check it more than once or twice a day. Even has customizable profiles

meeeee

i was so sick of apps like instagram where every other post is an ad or trying to sell you something, all while locking you into endless doomscrolling. i always wished i could have been on myspace so i was thrilled when i learned about spacehey. i am so glad there are no ads on here and no algorithm or endless scrolling. joining spacehey and deleting instagram from my phone were some of the best social media decisions i have ever made. 

i was tired of social media ! i hate it soooooo much :// so i came here and i really love it :)) 

i hate social media and the influence it creates. like, its really inconscious (dont know how to say it, im not a native english speaker), before, i thought i like something beacuse i find it cool, only to discover i was influenced by the algorithm... like of course the media i consume influences me, i love to watch movies with good modern costume design for exemple :)) but to realise i like something because of an algorithm, managed by an ai !?!?!? THX BUT I HATE IT

about a month ago i deleted all my social media, as i have done many times. i cant stand the ads. theres a million billion of them, its just constant bombardment. its exhausting. and ai content... im so paranoid about everything being ai!! mainstream social media has just become a drag. no i dont want to buy your product and no i dont like your ai art. 

I'm tired of feeling manipulated and controlled by a small group of corporations. I want to interact with the internet more intentionally, making it how I want (also why I use linux).

I've enjoyed my time on spacehey so far, and I really like the small community feel that it has to it. I'm just interacting with people, and it's such a breath of fresh air from the noise that comes from the rest of the internet.

I joined for the same reason. I was so tired of capitalism in the internet. Maybe also for the nostalgia... 

I did come here to escape consumerism and hopefully generative AI as well. I miss when the internet had personality