Field guides
Become Less Dependent on Platforms
Own email list, website, and files; rent audiences cautiously.
Platforms change algorithms overnight; owned email list and website survive.
Export content regularly—videos, posts, contacts. Assume ban is possible.
Use custom domain email; looks professional and moves providers.
Accept slower growth of open web vs viral rent-seeking.
Fediverse, blogs, RSS—rediscover distributed web.
Businesses: diversify traffic—SEO, email, not only one app shop.
Illusion-of-choice and free-apps-never-free explain why.
