[shopkins]

Absolutely agreed on the feeds issue. Unlike TV, the internet as a medium has the capacity to enable both unbounded discovery, creativity, production, etc. and unbounded consumption. Like TV, feeds and their ilk encourage pure consumption, but with little slot machine levers (like, favorite, retweet) that make you think you're contributing more than you actually are.

Overall though, it's all about how you use it, and many times it's a delicate balance and a constant fight against how these products are engineered to suck you in. But kudos for getting out of the giant casino that is social media!