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INTENTIONAL INTERNET: “I believe in primarily using the internet to enrich the outernet. I.e. leveraging digital tools and the distributive power of the internet to delight and connect people IRL,” says Danielle re: turning your Substack newsletter into a printable newspaper.

PLATFORM OVERLOAD: “You are on your own blog, your own corner of the web, powered by the platform you’re the CEO of, a blog that also serves content via RSS, the thing you’re building a tool for, and you’re telling people to follow the progress on fucking Twitter?” says Manuel Moreale (here) of the Ghost CEO and founder John O’Nolan telling people to follow along on Twitter (where he’s posted exactly zero times since the original post).

YOUR NEWSLETTER IS A DELIVERY TRUCK: “You can write on your own site and distribute via email, getting the permanence of a blog with the push distribution of a newsletter. The writing lives at your domain; the email is notification infrastructure,” says Joan Westenberg in The Case for Blogging in the Ruins.

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​February 14, 2026 at 12pm EST is BREAK UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA DAY. We’ll gather on Zoom to delete at least one social media app from our phone.

​This is a group break up, together, in good company.

• ​Sign up if you want to get away from social media.
• Sign up even if you’ve already deleted the apps and/or accounts
• Sign up if you’re curious about escaping social media
• Sign up if you’ve re-installed the apps a dozen times

​We’ll come together, check in for 10 or so minutes, then we’ll delete a social media (or two).

​Stick around and we’ll share your experiences with social media with other people on their own journeys.

Like I’ve learned from Priya Parker, this isn’t about self-help, this is about group help. We shouldn’t have to try and figure this out ourself, in isolation. Let’s delete, and then we’ll figure it out.

I’d love to see people host their own BREAK UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA DAY hang outs in their bedrooms or kitchens or studios and join in on Zoom. I’d love to open the call and see your face surrounded by all the other people you brought together into your space! (if I can help make this happen, let me know)

This isn’t the answer, but it’s a start.

Register for BREAK UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA DAY here.

Our next Escape Pod special guest will be Erin Shetron; creative advisor, editor, and “newsletter whisperer.” She writes the Frequent Criers Club newsletter, and she’ll be joining us to share her process, and dig into the gentle and genuinely helpful way she works with clients. For more information and to register (for free), please click here.

It’s time for the BIG MONEY PIZZA PARTY!

I’m not gonna promise $10,000 a month, but hey, let’s pay a phone bill, maybe. We’re gonna talk about paid offerings, Stripe, selling stuff online.

This’ll be a kind, gentle, safe space to talk about the cash money side of creativity without the HUSTLE and SALES talk.

Wednesday, November 19 from 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST

Join me (Seth Werkheiser) and the Social Media Escape Club community for a 90-minute PIZZA PARTY.

Have you wanted to start a GROUP ZOOM CALL but don’t know where to start? Start here!

I believe magic happens when we gather people to trade ideas, share challenges, and remember we’re not doing this alone, so this month we’re diving into how to get started with building small, intentional spaces online.

​We’ll talk about setting intentions, grounded hosting, and the mix of safety and spontaneity that keeps people coming back.

​Some stories, examples, and a few practical ideas you can try with your new (or next) Zoom gathering, creative circle, or a community get together.

​Video and audio replay will be available afterwards for everyone who signs up.