I deleted a lot of social media apps off my phone today. #coso was not one of them.

@Lindy yeah. I have heard conflicting reports of how they actually use that data. I’m going to have a rethink about everything. I have got a lot of engagement on TikTok, but in thinking about it a little more clearly, it hasn’t led to any sales or engagement outside of the platform. So maybe it is a waste of time. I’ve deleted every social media app off my phone except for #coso, reddit and Facebook. I would have deleted facebook too but I have to stay in touch with family.

@NiveusLepus 🙌🙌

@Lindy yeah I have been following along. It has been one of the few platforms that has been showing my content to people. I know it’s a risk but we have to make decisions and take some risks when we try to put ourselves out into the world.

@ATXJane the only way to fight back is to make the conscious decision to disengage from their world.

No one has solved my cryptographic cipher yet. I have reason to believe there is some real cryptographic firepower working on it right now. At first I was worried that it would be solved right away before anyone really found out about this project. Now I am worried that they aren’t going to figure it out and no one is going to believe that this is real. #cryptography #cipher #coso #cosonauts

@ErFlynnArt 100%. It is a really great place. People come here for a community, not just to “consume”

@phase2 haha my experience exactly.

@phase2 love this

I think @th3j35t3r is the only social media site owner who posts good vibes for all the people on his platform. It definitely sets the tone of the place. Simple idea, but effective.

@th3j35t3r this is great. I was already having a pretty good day but this still made me feel better.

@thewebrecluse @IronButterfly wow congrats that is so great!

@MLClark good luck with the release:m. Trying to plan the timing of a post so that it is seen is definitely a challenge.

@NiveusLepus back at you! Today is feeling like a great day!

I don’t like being at the whim of algorithms. I hate using the bigger socials to try and talk about my art. I want to grow my art. It would be great if I could achieve a level of success where I could live off my art. But my real dream is to be important enough so I can stop using other social media sites and make people have to come find me here if they want to talk to me. #coso

I have been promoting myself on social media for like 9 years. I have gotten some followers, gotten a few likes here and there but it hasn’t really done anything for my art as a “business.” The funny thing is that #coso is a smaller community but people on here have actually bought my books and art. This isn’t the biggest social media site but the people here are real. #cosonauts

I was having a fairly good experience on Threads. Growing my following, getting engagement on my art. Then I posted too many links, especially to TikTok and it has rendered that platform unusable. It doesn’t show my posts to anyone anymore.

I have bipolar disorder. I made a long video about it tonight. I have had a long, difficult journey but I am in a really good spot in life. It feels good to talk about and I think it is good for people to hear who are still on, or just starting out that journey.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTdnWwX/

#coso #cosonauts #mentalhealth #mentalillness #bipolar #bipolardisorder

@MrGoat I think one of the things that I didn’t anticipate with this project is that real cryptographers would be motivated to figure this out without clues and would have no interest in the books.