014. Black Women Vs. The Algorithm
No one cares what's taken from you, sis!
14/100: What is your relationship with social media?
I hope you enjoy this short I made (with my tiny and mighty crew) about being a Black woman on the internets. Longer letter/thoughts coming this week, because I have 1 million thoughts, but I shared some thoughts in the yap session after the short.
14/100: What is your relationship with social media?
Thank you for watching, reading, and listening. I’m so looking forward to reading your answers to this one, friends. Friendship loss is painful. I think we have a lot to learn from each other here.
Director / Writer: Nneka Julia
AD: Cortneyisms
Producer Gabriel Freeman
Edit: $eck
Starring: Max Falls
Love,
Nneka
Your depiction of the algorithm is too accurate unfortunately. I’m sorry about your experiences.
The only social media platforms i’m on are YouTube and Substack because these platforms feel like a safe space to me. What has helped me break away has been keeping my phone in a seperate room. I’m able to focus and perform tasks way better this way.
Sorry if this is too long. Up until this past year I was completely a consumer of content/media that was produced but always a fan of people's creativity. And when I launched my business I decided to use social media as a means of more connection with people and I was attmepting to be more open online.
This was the beginning of the end. I'm creating things so I'm very creative which is great but also it opened me up to the endless chase of creating regularly and keeping up. Daily posting and such. It was beginning to become too heavy so I have to take breaks. I'll make videos fir a few weeks and then take a few off and thats been the healthy balance I've been able to strike. It's not perfect by any means but I'm constantly trying to refine it while continuing to remain genuine and enjoy the process of creation rather than chasing an ever changing algorithm