It’s quite obvious to me that social media engagement is way down for everyone. Especially on IG. Why do y’all think that is? I have my opinions but want to hear yours.
So…. I’ll dive into a bit of a tweet storm of what I’ve been doing over the last 2 weeks in terms of social media…. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265443321079627779">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
Facebook: First I unfriended all the people I didn’t really know in real life. Nothing personal, just didn’t need updates from strangers. Then I muted most of the rest cause I couldn’t handle anymore covid opinions. (I thought politics was bad). https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265464754379919362">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
That was helpful because then it came to the point of “Oh wait, why am I using Facebook again? I have no idea.” So I killed the app off my phone and have only checked it 2-3x times in the last 10 days. SO MUCH BETTER. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265465178747011074">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
Twitter: Last week I followed over 1,400 accounts. Now I follow less than 500. Sorry if I unfollowed you. Truly. Then I muted probably 50% of what I still followed. Now I get updates on a few things and I’m fully updated. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265465469659643904">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
I have another Twitter account that is used exclusively to follow the political world. I needed to separate the two feeds, which has been a wise decision. But then ultimately, I deleted the other account from my phone and computer. It was just time. No more echo chamber. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265465800451928064">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
Instagram: I’m still in the process of unfollowing accounts. I’ve muted almost everyone, including my friends that I love. Why? Will get to that in a second. But all I see now on IG is painters that I love. Yep painters, no photographers. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265466105075765248">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
I also get 0 email spam. I unsubscribed from everything. I prefer to keep 0-15 emails in my inbox.

So when it’s all said and done, I’ve cut WAY back. Like, 90% back on socials. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265466526867640322">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
My empty calendar has really inspired me. Now I get to design my workdays and finally do what I want to do. But to truly get there, I had to cut out all the noise. If I could only get back those thousands of hours scrolling… https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265466800965328898">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
Starting June 1st, I will be handling my socials over to a new team of interns. They will be documenting the work I create and the processes.

There are people who are great writers and we need their thoughts and tweets.

I am not one of those people. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265467128922214400">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
My strengths are in my ideas, visuals and experimentation. So I’m going to go all in for the first time ever. The goal is to have my head down every day, creating and not even think about stupid social strategies. That will be up to the team. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265467474289491974">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
It’s an experiment and who knows, I might give up after a week and be back on all the socials. But I’m fascinated by the idea and grateful that life has slowed down enough for this to even be a reality. Not grateful for covid obviously. So over it. But we have to choose… https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265467766259269633">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
Do we keep our heads down and eat our feelings or do we figure out how to twist it all to our advantage? I’m enamored by the latter. I can’t think of any other moment in my adult life where my entire calendar and income have just vanished. But I kind of love it. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265468093654077440">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
I love walking into the darkness, walking into grief, walking into challenge. I always loved being the first into the haunted house as a kid. We’re all in a big haunted house right now. Bravery is the only way forward. We all know we’re going to make it out on the other side. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265468426618880000">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
Thats enough for now. You get the idea. June should be fun. https://twitter.com/jeremycowart/status/1265468748330303488">https://twitter.com/jeremycow...
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