Going on with the list of 50 Goals I made, after making sure I have functioning websites, there is another one I wanted to tackle sooner than later: brainstorming how I want to use social media, and how I plan on building community and audience.

As is usual for me, I have no restraint. I opened every social media account I stumbled upon—the usual suspects, and also some that I’m not sure I will use. Yet, I wanted them all, and it’s not a big deal to have my username (@igeddonverse) “secured” more or less everywhere.

Visibility is more than important: it’s essential if I ever want to make a living doing what I do. To add to that, as a person that almost never goes out of the house, building community could be a blessing for my mental health—even though I have some very dear friends, and a amazing family, life is often lonely. Communication online is the best way for me to socialize, and I want to facilitate that.

So, what do I want to do with those social media accounts? Probably slowly grow them, and see where there is more engagement. I’m hoping people will, in time, join me on my Discord channel for chatting and friendship, but for engagement, I will still post what I do on multiple social media accounts.

First, let’s start with the social media account I do not plan on growing right now: Medium, Pinterest, Quora, Reddit, Threads and Tumblr. I will probably, at some point, but it is not in the cards at this point. I want to be able to access other people’s content over there, so I wanted to have them created for my personal use. You can still follow me there if you want, though!

The following accounts will be used occasionally: TikTok and YouTube. I will, at some point, create videos and shorts, and the plan is to post the shorts on both of those plus Instagram, and the videos on YouTube.

I will also, at some point, stream on both Twitch and YouTube. I got some gaming to do, and a lot to chat about. I’m not planning on making niche channels, so it will all be in the same place.

That leaves me with Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. Those I consider a more “chatty” environment, and my plan is to focus on a particular account every month. I’ll still engage with whomever wants me to on each one, but I will work on building connections one at a time.

There was a time when I could do it all. That time has passed. It feels wrong to “strategize” communication somehow, even though every person with a social media goal has to think of strategies. It will be fine, I believe in my capacity to build genuine conversations and engage with other people with authenticity.

So. Next month? I’ll be all over Bluesky.

Join me there?