➔ Why I Moved to Substack and Why I Am Active on LinkedIn
I Abandoned Most Social Media Channels Also Because of The Changing World and Because of a Few Extremely Wealthy Psychopaths.
I’m tired of the noise on social media. Mark Zuckerberg’s business models don’t align with my values. While I still have an account on X (formerly Twitter), I’ve stayed away from the platform for years—long before Elon Musk’s acquisition, because I also never really warmed up to the 140-character messages on Twitter. To my knowledge, it turned out to be 280 characters in November 2017, which didn’t change a thing for me.
I started to let go of most Social Media during the Trump election era. Since then, I’ve been increasingly active on LinkedIn, fighting against populism and far-right extremism, especially when Germany’s 2025 federal election was approaching.
Issues like fascism and antidemocratic movements combined with misogyny are becoming a growing concern across Europe, and not only in the US under Trump.
For a similar reason, I am hardly active on Facebook or Instagram. While the world turned upside down, the same sweet reels and videos circulated on Meta.
I return to Facebook and Instagram occasionally because I still have most of my friends hanging out there, and I love all the cat videos you find on both channels. I know, I know, I am just an average client looking out for friends and funny animal reels.
My website blog hadn’t been updated in almost two years. I had done everything: SEO was up to date, and I also ran ads on Facebook and Instagram to attract people to my offers and, most importantly, to bring them to my blog. But I always wrote into the void of the internet.
It is challenging to communicate calmly and thoughtfully when the internet is filled with loud voices screaming about everything.
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Coming to Substack was all by surprise. I was researching a subject, please don’t ask me what it was about, but you know how it works: You click and suddenly find something new. In my case, I was discovering Substack.
Over 80% of American readers and writers use Substack, which was utterly unknown to me since it is only used by a few writers in Europe. But I belong to an age group that tries to stay up-to-date, but we don’t always manage to, so I might have missed out on the start of Substack in Germany 2024.
When I stumbled upon Substack at the beginning of 2025, I said, “Hell, yes!” There were real people out there to whom I could reach out. I would no longer write into the void of the internet.
Substack offers an excellent opportunity to share my knowledge, experiences, and, yes, the wisdom I’ve gained from everything I’ve been through as someone who has survived medical misstreatment and now lives with chronic illnesses.
If my words can be an eye-opener for even a few people, that’s worth everything.
Writing isn’t just my passion—it’s how I support myself and my family. Living with a chronic illness makes traditional work impossible. Still, through my creativity and resilience, I’ve found a way to provide for those who depend on me while pursuing what I love.
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