Humans of New York became a one-man philanthropy machine

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One of the very few things I miss about social media is seeing HONY posts appear in the newsfeed. They were always a delightful and authentic highlight amidst a sea of forgettable posts filled with superficial drama, misery and cynicism.

Brandon's passion and dedication deserves all the respect and appreciation - it's wonderful to see the endeavour reaching such new heights!

There's no reason why you can't make a simple account and only choose to follow certain profiles, like HONY.

While yes a lot of the platforms force unnecessary content on us, it's not as difficult as it may seem to self-filter.

Absolutely agreed! It's just in my personal case, I've shifted towards actively seeking content rather than having it passively delivered by subscribing/following. But you're definitely right regarding simple accounts and self-filtering. :)

Unfortunately you'll still get recommended and get thrown into the rabbit hole. Some things are better abstained from. It takes energy and discipline and mental bandwidth to consciously choose not to click on clickbait suggestions numerous times while attempting to focus on the one channel.

If I use a Twitter list, I don't get ads or recommended tweets/accounts (so far anyway). I believe there's a similar feature for Facebook, but I mostly use that for Messenger these days, not looking at a feed.

I would highly, highly recommend this long-form interview of Brandon Stanton - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/321-brandon-stanton-th...

He has a really interesting story yet he rarely tells it - he's too focused on telling the story of others.

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