The social media app that wants you to log off

“We're trying to shift the general idea of what social media is.”

I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of “choice” on social media, and why it feels like walking against the wind to exercise it. This week, I finally muted Covid on Twitter after—*checks watch*—18 months. If I say, “It’s okay to exercise control to make social media a happy place for you,” it comes out like a foreign language. If I’m not letting, …