Vitalik Buterin describes a personal digital-minimalism experiment
Original title: Digital Minimalism
He posts through Firefly across X, Bluesky, Farcaster and Lens, and spent 100 days with cellular data off.
Vitalik Buterin published an essay arguing for deliberate use of digital tools. He says he left the X interface for Firefly, which aggregates X, Bluesky, Farcaster and Lens, mainly to avoid the ranking feed. He also describes 100 days with his phone on airplane mode while still using Wi-Fi, citing location tracking by cell carriers. The post is a personal account, not a security finding.
Unconfirmed: Claims about feed effects and carrier data practices are his personal assessment.
- He says the X feed amplified content he only opened out of morbid curiosity.
- Firefly can cross-post to X, Bluesky, Farcaster and Lens.
- He kept Wi-Fi but disabled the cellular connection for 100 days.
From the original article
13 min read at vitalik.eth.limoFor a long time I have been a fan of minimalism in my physical life: have few physical possessions, and try to do more with less. Four years ago, I wrote this blog post describing what I had in the 40-liter backpack that I travel around with. Physical minimalism, however, was an idea that came of age in the 2000s and 2010s and was responding to the challenges and the opportunities of the 2000s and 2010s.
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