Church Rules For Digital Hygiene

my belief is that one of the most my belief is that one of the most regretful things we did as a society regretful things we did as a society regretful things we did as a society over the past 20 years was over the past 20 years was over the past 20 years was indiscriminately embracing digital media indiscriminately embracing digital media indiscriminately embracing digital media the thing is this is how things the thing is this is how things the thing is this is how things typically go with new tech and emerging typically go with new tech and emerging typically go with new tech and emerging Industries he's right you don't know Industries he's right you don't know Industries he's right you don't know what you don't know which is why we're what you don't know which is why we're what you don't know which is why we're calling all churches to quit social calling all churches to quit social calling all churches to quit social media well not exactly but we do need to media well not exactly but we do need to media well not exactly but we do need to establish some Universal guidelines for establish some Universal guidelines for establish some Universal guidelines for how Christians should behave online so how Christians should behave online so how Christians should behave online so for your consideration these are Church for your consideration these are Church for your consideration these are Church rules for digital rules for digital rules for digital hygiene hygiene hygiene well hey there and welcome to the pro well hey there and welcome to the pro well hey there and welcome to the pro Church tools show we're here to help you Church tools show we're here to help you Church tools show we're here to help you in your church navigate the biggest in your church navigate the biggest in your church navigate the biggest communication shift in 500 years I'm communication shift in 500 years I'm communication shift in 500 years I'm Brady sh your host and join us always by Brady sh your host and join us always by Brady sh your host and join us always by my co-host we call him the PTO belloo my co-host we call him the PTO belloo my co-host we call him the PTO belloo priest it's Alexander millso you can priest it's Alexander millso you can priest it's Alexander millso you can watch full length episodes of the show watch full length episodes of the show watch full length episodes of the show every week every Wednesday ever heard of every week every Wednesday ever heard of every week every Wednesday ever heard of it on YouTube and of course listen it on YouTube and of course listen it on YouTube and of course listen wherever you get your podcasts Spotify wherever you get your podcasts Spotify wherever you get your podcasts Spotify Apple the place I want to start today is Apple the place I want to start today is Apple the place I want to start today is by really addressing and responding to by really addressing and responding to by really addressing and responding to the ground swell of questions and the ground swell of questions and the ground swell of questions and comments that we've begun getting really comments that we've begun getting really comments that we've begun getting really for the first time in the past I'd say for the first time in the past I'd say for the first time in the past I'd say 18 months or so related to the harms of 18 months or so related to the harms of 18 months or so related to the harms of digital media and social media and the digital media and social media and the digital media and social media and the New York Times actually had a really New York Times actually had a really New York Times actually had a really great article on this and it was kind of great article on this and it was kind of great article on this and it was kind of shocking uh reading what they were shocking uh reading what they were shocking uh reading what they were saying about social media the article saying about social media the article saying about social media the article was written by a retired United States was written by a retired United States was written by a retired United States Supreme Court Justice here are a few of Supreme Court Justice here are a few of Supreme Court Justice here are a few of the excerpts quote barely 10 years since the excerpts quote barely 10 years since the excerpts quote barely 10 years since it first made its appearance it has it first made its appearance it has it first made its appearance it has already conquered an important position already conquered an important position already conquered an important position undoubtedly a fascinating Amusement it undoubtedly a fascinating Amusement it undoubtedly a fascinating Amusement it intoxicates and bewilders the senses intoxicates and bewilders the senses intoxicates and bewilders the senses costs lives of many persons a terrible

costs lives of many persons a terrible costs lives of many persons a terrible engine of Destruction I'm kind of just engine of Destruction I'm kind of just engine of Destruction I'm kind of just like taking bits and pieces and uh like taking bits and pieces and uh like taking bits and pieces and uh putting them all together the cold and putting them all together the cold and putting them all together the cold and heartless mechanism furnishes a poor heartless mechanism furnishes a poor heartless mechanism furnishes a poor substitute for the real world yikes so substitute for the real world yikes so substitute for the real world yikes so pretty familiar critiques of social you pretty familiar critiques of social you pretty familiar critiques of social you know it intoxicates the senses it's a know it intoxicates the senses it's a know it intoxicates the senses it's a danger to society we have to get back to danger to society we have to get back to danger to society we have to get back to the real world the real world the real world except those New York Times quotes are except those New York Times quotes are except those New York Times quotes are not about social media poto Bello priest not about social media poto Bello priest not about social media poto Bello priest they are about automobiles you really they are about automobiles you really they are about automobiles you really got us that article is not from recent got us that article is not from recent got us that article is not from recent it's from 1908 wow though it is from a it's from 1908 wow though it is from a it's from 1908 wow though it is from a retired United States Supreme Court J retired United States Supreme Court J retired United States Supreme Court J not entirely false news and it was run not entirely false news and it was run not entirely false news and it was run in the New York Times uh but the reason in the New York Times uh but the reason in the New York Times uh but the reason that I wanted to include that is because that I wanted to include that is because that I wanted to include that is because for many years I have heard social and for many years I have heard social and for many years I have heard social and digital media I don't know if you've digital media I don't know if you've digital media I don't know if you've heard this lyen to things like smoking heard this lyen to things like smoking heard this lyen to things like smoking things like diet soda sure and the things like diet soda sure and the things like diet soda sure and the reason for those things being it's reason for those things being it's reason for those things being it's because you know there was a time when because you know there was a time when because you know there was a time when when an article came out or the medical when an article came out or the medical when an article came out or the medical society uh Society the great Medical society uh Society the great Medical society uh Society the great Medical Society the community of medicine was Society the community of medicine was Society the community of medicine was like Hey you know maybe we should stop like Hey you know maybe we should stop like Hey you know maybe we should stop smoking or maybe we should stop drinking smoking or maybe we should stop drinking smoking or maybe we should stop drinking so much soda and people are like we're so much soda and people are like we're so much soda and people are like we're going to come to a point with social going to come to a point with social going to come to a point with social where we realize that we have been you where we realize that we have been you where we realize that we have been you know consuming this way too much the know consuming this way too much the know consuming this way too much the difference is that I think personally difference is that I think personally difference is that I think personally it's much easier to abstain from it's much easier to abstain from it's much easier to abstain from something like soda to abstain from something like soda to abstain from something like soda to abstain from something like smoking but kind of something like smoking but kind of something like smoking but kind of removing yourself from digital media removing yourself from digital media removing yourself from digital media altogether much more challenging which altogether much more challenging which altogether much more challenging which is why ief prer to liken it to is why ief prer to liken it to is why ief prer to liken it to transportation to automobiles because

transportation to automobiles because transportation to automobiles because it's not exactly easy to just be like it's not exactly easy to just be like it's not exactly easy to just be like I'm going to opt out I'm going to become I'm going to opt out I'm going to become I'm going to opt out I'm going to become like some of the Amish Andor menites like some of the Amish Andor menites like some of the Amish Andor menites that live in our Niagara region I'm that live in our Niagara region I'm that live in our Niagara region I'm going to opt out of uh you know going to opt out of uh you know going to opt out of uh you know combustible Andor Electric engines combustible Andor Electric engines combustible Andor Electric engines altogether and I'm going to only use you altogether and I'm going to only use you altogether and I'm going to only use you know hor Carriage yeah like in this meta know hor Carriage yeah like in this meta know hor Carriage yeah like in this meta modern period we're living in it it's it modern period we're living in it it's it modern period we're living in it it's it is similar to the Amish community in the is similar to the Amish community in the is similar to the Amish community in the sense that if were to withdraw from sense that if were to withdraw from sense that if were to withdraw from social or the internet like this social or the internet like this social or the internet like this interconnective network of networks if interconnective network of networks if interconnective network of networks if you were to withdraw from being you were to withdraw from being you were to withdraw from being connected digitally you would have to connected digitally you would have to connected digitally you would have to live such an alternative version of live such an alternative version of live such an alternative version of Modern Life that that it would look Modern Life that that it would look Modern Life that that it would look something like you know an Amish life something like you know an Amish life something like you know an Amish life where you you you are restricted to work where you you you are restricted to work where you you you are restricted to work wherever you live and you can only talk wherever you live and you can only talk wherever you live and you can only talk to whoever you live with which is which to whoever you live with which is which to whoever you live with which is which is a a previous version of of human is a a previous version of of human is a a previous version of of human society and and human living but we are society and and human living but we are society and and human living but we are living in an altogether different living in an altogether different living in an altogether different different age and not only does social different age and not only does social different age and not only does social media and these devices and our media and these devices and our media and these devices and our connectedness um you know introduce new connectedness um you know introduce new connectedness um you know introduce new new societal plagues if you will but it new societal plagues if you will but it new societal plagues if you will but it affords us incredible opportunity I affords us incredible opportunity I affords us incredible opportunity I wouldn't have this we're on a podcast wouldn't have this we're on a podcast wouldn't have this we're on a podcast for goodness sakes I work on the for goodness sakes I work on the for goodness sakes I work on the internet for eight hours a day I go home internet for eight hours a day I go home internet for eight hours a day I go home and I communicate with people on the and I communicate with people on the and I communicate with people on the internet Beyond my8 hours a day like it internet Beyond my8 hours a day like it internet Beyond my8 hours a day like it is it it is the fabric of it is part of is it it is the fabric of it is part of is it it is the fabric of it is part of the fabric of this Modern Life and so to the fabric of this Modern Life and so to the fabric of this Modern Life and so to withdraw from it complet we see it all withdraw from it complet we see it all withdraw from it complet we see it all the time people are like you see your the time people are like you see your the time people are like you see your friends post on Instagram like you know friends post on Instagram like you know friends post on Instagram like you know what I'm out of here like it's just it's

what I'm out of here like it's just it's what I'm out of here like it's just it's too much I can't handle it and like too much I can't handle it and like too much I can't handle it and like within 14 days they're back they're within 14 days they're back they're within 14 days they're back they're posting again it's like well that Hiatus posting again it's like well that Hiatus posting again it's like well that Hiatus was not as long as you kind of alluded was not as long as you kind of alluded was not as long as you kind of alluded to the to it uh probably being but it to the to it uh probably being but it to the to it uh probably being but it it's really hard to withdraw entirely it's really hard to withdraw entirely it's really hard to withdraw entirely and in most circumstances I'm not sure and in most circumstances I'm not sure and in most circumstances I'm not sure that's the be the best pass path forward that's the be the best pass path forward that's the be the best pass path forward for individuals or you know for the for individuals or you know for the for individuals or you know for the context of our our listenership for um context of our our listenership for um context of our our listenership for um Christians or for churches and so I Christians or for churches and so I Christians or for churches and so I that's the question before us today I that's the question before us today I that's the question before us today I guess is like how do we engage how do we guess is like how do we engage how do we guess is like how do we engage how do we interact with the the devices the interact with the the devices the interact with the the devices the internet the connectivity in a way that internet the connectivity in a way that internet the connectivity in a way that maybe promotes health is it possible is maybe promotes health is it possible is maybe promotes health is it possible is it possible that that's the unanswerable it possible that that's the unanswerable it possible that that's the unanswerable question I think because the question I think because the question I think because the hypothetical could be posed towards the hypothetical could be posed towards the hypothetical could be posed towards the automobile industry and I have posed automobile industry and I have posed automobile industry and I have posed that hypothetical before that hypothetical before that hypothetical before has transportation in the way that we has transportation in the way that we has transportation in the way that we think of it today being a net positive think of it today being a net positive think of it today being a net positive or a net negative in society over the or a net negative in society over the or a net negative in society over the past 50 years or 120 years and I don't past 50 years or 120 years and I don't past 50 years or 120 years and I don't know how one would even go about know how one would even go about know how one would even go about answering that question but if we answering that question but if we answering that question but if we imagine a world without that like think imagine a world without that like think imagine a world without that like think about the critiques of Western about the critiques of Western about the critiques of Western architecture or Western you know city architecture or Western you know city architecture or Western you know city building City Planning it's like oh building City Planning it's like oh building City Planning it's like oh everything is built around roads and everything is built around roads and everything is built around roads and highways and parking and you visit some highways and parking and you visit some highways and parking and you visit some of the older cities that were built of the older cities that were built of the older cities that were built before Automobiles and you're like wow before Automobiles and you're like wow before Automobiles and you're like wow these are it's just like it's made for these are it's just like it's made for these are it's just like it's made for people like there are places to walk and people like there are places to walk and people like there are places to walk and there are places to see nature and not there are places to see nature and not there are places to see nature and not every everything is built around cars every everything is built around cars every everything is built around cars you think about just the like how you think about just the like how you think about just the like how distant we are from each other in distant we are from each other in distant we are from each other in community and living locally because now

community and living locally because now community and living locally because now we're all you know spread out because we we're all you know spread out because we we're all you know spread out because we all have to commute to different places all have to commute to different places all have to commute to different places and maybe we work in a different place and maybe we work in a different place and maybe we work in a different place than we live and you know maybe we're than we live and you know maybe we're than we live and you know maybe we're not as connected to family anymore not as connected to family anymore not as connected to family anymore because we move to different places not because we move to different places not because we move to different places not to mention the pollution and the you to mention the pollution and the you to mention the pollution and the you know the damage that's been done know the damage that's been done know the damage that's been done to god-given Creation that we have been to god-given Creation that we have been to god-given Creation that we have been usted to Steward with these things of usted to Steward with these things of usted to Steward with these things of course the flip side we know all the course the flip side we know all the course the flip side we know all the benefits of transportation and so we benefits of transportation and so we benefits of transportation and so we could have this conversation about like could have this conversation about like could have this conversation about like you know would it be better or would it you know would it be better or would it you know would it be better or would it be not but no one has that conversation be not but no one has that conversation be not but no one has that conversation about automobiles because they are a about automobiles because they are a about automobiles because they are a hundred years past that conversation hundred years past that conversation hundred years past that conversation happening they did in 1908 they were happening they did in 1908 they were happening they did in 1908 they were running the Articles and the op-eds in running the Articles and the op-eds in running the Articles and the op-eds in the New York Times and this was a the New York Times and this was a the New York Times and this was a conversation nowadays it's not a conversation nowadays it's not a conversation nowadays it's not a conversation at all because it's this conversation at all because it's this conversation at all because it's this constant and so we get these emails and constant and so we get these emails and constant and so we get these emails and DMS from pastors and leaders be like is DMS from pastors and leaders be like is DMS from pastors and leaders be like is it responsible for our church to be it responsible for our church to be it responsible for our church to be involved is it responsible for me as a involved is it responsible for me as a involved is it responsible for me as a pastor to be involved because they see pastor to be involved because they see pastor to be involved because they see the harms and they see the the problems the harms and they see the the problems the harms and they see the the problems what happens you describe this someone what happens you describe this someone what happens you describe this someone says you know what I'm off this platform says you know what I'm off this platform says you know what I'm off this platform then they return why I think that's a then they return why I think that's a then they return why I think that's a symptom of us really just not having any symptom of us really just not having any symptom of us really just not having any cultural code for engaging these cultural code for engaging these cultural code for engaging these Platforms in a healthy way the way I've Platforms in a healthy way the way I've Platforms in a healthy way the way I've always described it is that we have always described it is that we have always described it is that we have indiscriminately embraced digital media indiscriminately embraced digital media indiscriminately embraced digital media since its Inception 15ish 20ish years since its Inception 15ish 20ish years since its Inception 15ish 20ish years ago and it started off really innocent ago and it started off really innocent ago and it started off really innocent right like adult in right like adult in right like adult in 2006 didn't really have to think about 2006 didn't really have to think about 2006 didn't really have to think about myspace that was something we thought myspace that was something we thought myspace that was something we thought about and it was damaging for us because about and it was damaging for us because about and it was damaging for us because maybe you weren't number one on a

maybe you weren't number one on a maybe you weren't number one on a friend's top eight but they were they friend's top eight but they were they friend's top eight but they were they were number one on yours and that was were number one on yours and that was were number one on yours and that was causing some tension maybe the honesty causing some tension maybe the honesty causing some tension maybe the honesty box on the first version of Facebook was box on the first version of Facebook was box on the first version of Facebook was saying like hey you're not that cute saying like hey you're not that cute saying like hey you're not that cute that was challenging to hear wow I never that was challenging to hear wow I never that was challenging to hear wow I never got a message like that so it does no I got a message like that so it does no I got a message like that so it does no I got got got the I got the message you're cute but the I got the message you're cute but the I got the message you're cute but not hot ooh not hot ooh not hot ooh tough my whole life yeah yeah so now I tough my whole life yeah yeah so now I tough my whole life yeah yeah so now I just get tattoos in Anger to solve that just get tattoos in Anger to solve that just get tattoos in Anger to solve that trauma it's an overcorrection yeah um trauma it's an overcorrection yeah um trauma it's an overcorrection yeah um but people return because that is their but people return because that is their but people return because that is their best effort at like trying to correct best effort at like trying to correct best effort at like trying to correct the error that we have all engaged in the error that we have all engaged in the error that we have all engaged in but it's not a good solution because it but it's not a good solution because it but it's not a good solution because it comes at this great cost that is not comes at this great cost that is not comes at this great cost that is not really manageable or here's another really manageable or here's another really manageable or here's another version of that I cannot tell you how version of that I cannot tell you how version of that I cannot tell you how many conversations I've had with pastors many conversations I've had with pastors many conversations I've had with pastors and they've been like yeah you know our and they've been like yeah you know our and they've been like yeah you know our church to engage in Social but can I church to engage in Social but can I church to engage in Social but can I tell you something I really don't like tell you something I really don't like tell you something I really don't like social myself and then I I dig deeper social myself and then I I dig deeper social myself and then I I dig deeper I'm like oh okay like what do you mean I'm like oh okay like what do you mean I'm like oh okay like what do you mean well I Tik Tok like that's not for me well I Tik Tok like that's not for me well I Tik Tok like that's not for me I'm like okay Instagram I'm on a bit but I'm like okay Instagram I'm on a bit but I'm like okay Instagram I'm on a bit but like really for my friends and family like really for my friends and family like really for my friends and family I'm like great what about YouTube I Love I'm like great what about YouTube I Love I'm like great what about YouTube I Love YouTube what about Reddit oh yeah I'm on YouTube what about Reddit oh yeah I'm on YouTube what about Reddit oh yeah I'm on Reddit okay so you do like social media Reddit okay so you do like social media Reddit okay so you do like social media you just are defining it slightly you just are defining it slightly you just are defining it slightly differently right every person almost differently right every person almost differently right every person almost always has some type of version of always has some type of version of always has some type of version of social media that they like uh but they social media that they like uh but they social media that they like uh but they might just not consider it one of the might just not consider it one of the might just not consider it one of the major platforms you know like oh yeah major platforms you know like oh yeah major platforms you know like oh yeah I'm not really on social media but I I'm not really on social media but I I'm not really on social media but I really like twitch or I'm really onto really like twitch or I'm really onto really like twitch or I'm really onto Discord like all of these things are Discord like all of these things are Discord like all of these things are different expressions of social media different expressions of social media different expressions of social media and we've talked about the and we've talked about the and we've talked about the stratification of social as different

stratification of social as different stratification of social as different platforms are kind of carving out their platforms are kind of carving out their platforms are kind of carving out their unique spaces within the social media unique spaces within the social media unique spaces within the social media landscape where before it was like every landscape where before it was like every landscape where before it was like every major platform only and now there are major platform only and now there are major platform only and now there are different ones with different different ones with different different ones with different Specialties and they don't have Specialties and they don't have Specialties and they don't have everybody shouts to threads you know everybody shouts to threads you know everybody shouts to threads you know threads is Holding On by a threat sorry threads is Holding On by a threat sorry threads is Holding On by a threat sorry it's holding on maybe you know it it's holding on maybe you know it it's holding on maybe you know it Twitter doesn't even work anymore in my Twitter doesn't even work anymore in my Twitter doesn't even work anymore in my in my browser I'll just refresh it I'll in my browser I'll just refresh it I'll in my browser I'll just refresh it I'll just get a big X I'm like can I log into just get a big X I'm like can I log into just get a big X I'm like can I log into you like I'll log out log back in elon's you like I'll log out log back in elon's you like I'll log out log back in elon's like no I had the hard I just got a new like no I had the hard I just got a new like no I had the hard I just got a new phone I had the hardest time logging phone I had the hardest time logging phone I had the hardest time logging into the Twitter the X app on my phone into the Twitter the X app on my phone into the Twitter the X app on my phone it just like it would not let me under it just like it would not let me under it just like it would not let me under any circumstances I finally got in um any circumstances I finally got in um any circumstances I finally got in um but you know as you were talking about but you know as you were talking about but you know as you were talking about we've been talking about Automobiles and we've been talking about Automobiles and we've been talking about Automobiles and and making drawing this parallel between and making drawing this parallel between and making drawing this parallel between the transportation industry and now this the transportation industry and now this the transportation industry and now this communication shift we're going through communication shift we're going through communication shift we're going through that is is resulting in affording us a that is is resulting in affording us a that is is resulting in affording us a new measure of connectivity in a way new measure of connectivity in a way new measure of connectivity in a way that Transportation does as well like that Transportation does as well like that Transportation does as well like prior to to the motor vehicle or prior to to the motor vehicle or prior to to the motor vehicle or certainly the airplane it was certainly the airplane it was certainly the airplane it was unachievable to travel certain distances unachievable to travel certain distances unachievable to travel certain distances at least reasonably but now you know my at least reasonably but now you know my at least reasonably but now you know my wife and I can fly to California for the wife and I can fly to California for the wife and I can fly to California for the weekend and and that there's a certain weekend and and that there's a certain weekend and and that there's a certain measure of connectivity that you can get measure of connectivity that you can get measure of connectivity that you can get there and traveling to family or there and traveling to family or there and traveling to family or distances or whatever similar to the way distances or whatever similar to the way distances or whatever similar to the way these phones and the internet and these these phones and the internet and these these phones and the internet and these media mediums um connect us and there media mediums um connect us and there media mediums um connect us and there have been small groups of people we've have been small groups of people we've have been small groups of people we've alluded to at the Amish who have pushed alluded to at the Amish who have pushed alluded to at the Amish who have pushed back against the transport back against the transport back against the transport the the motor vehicle but that doesn't the the motor vehicle but that doesn't the the motor vehicle but that doesn't hinder the technology from moving hinder the technology from moving hinder the technology from moving forward the rest of the world continues forward the rest of the world continues forward the rest of the world continues to move forward with the technology to move forward with the technology to move forward with the technology small groups of people resist it and small groups of people resist it and small groups of people resist it and within their communities they can do

within their communities they can do within their communities they can do that effectively but the rest of the that effectively but the rest of the that effectively but the rest of the world continues to move and so the same world continues to move and so the same world continues to move and so the same is true here um it is of course your own is true here um it is of course your own is true here um it is of course your own prerogative your your individually or in prerogative your your individually or in prerogative your your individually or in your community to push back against um your community to push back against um your community to push back against um these social medias and and mediums the these social medias and and mediums the these social medias and and mediums the internet the connectivity but the rest internet the connectivity but the rest internet the connectivity but the rest of the world will continue to move of the world will continue to move of the world will continue to move forward we we are not we will not go forward we we are not we will not go forward we we are not we will not go backwards um as far far as our our backwards um as far far as our our backwards um as far far as our our connectedness via the Internet goes and connectedness via the Internet goes and connectedness via the Internet goes and so we stand at this at this point in our so we stand at this at this point in our so we stand at this at this point in our individual lives and in our Collective individual lives and in our Collective individual lives and in our Collective lives just asking the question like how lives just asking the question like how lives just asking the question like how do we move forward and how do we do it do we move forward and how do we do it do we move forward and how do we do it in in health because being you know in in health because being you know in in health because being you know removing yourself from this digital removing yourself from this digital removing yourself from this digital world comes at this cost of world comes at this cost of world comes at this cost of disconnectedness from um you know uh disconnectedness from um you know uh disconnectedness from um you know uh real time events going on in the world real time events going on in the world real time events going on in the world um in some cases your local community um in some cases your local community um in some cases your local community like we have friends who are trying to like we have friends who are trying to like we have friends who are trying to discern when to give phones to their discern when to give phones to their discern when to give phones to their kids and they're giving to them they're kids and they're giving to them they're kids and they're giving to them they're giving they're allowing their kids to giving they're allowing their kids to giving they're allowing their kids to have phones later than their other have phones later than their other have phones later than their other friends and these kids are like just friends and these kids are like just friends and these kids are like just feeling so disconnected from school life feeling so disconnected from school life feeling so disconnected from school life from from uh friend life because they're from from uh friend life because they're from from uh friend life because they're all on Snapchat and they they're not all on Snapchat and they they're not all on Snapchat and they they're not able to communicate that way and so it able to communicate that way and so it able to communicate that way and so it comes at a real cost of being comes at a real cost of being comes at a real cost of being disconnected from your community in a disconnected from your community in a disconnected from your community in a sense and so how are we going to go sense and so how are we going to go sense and so how are we going to go forward how are we going to go forward forward how are we going to go forward forward how are we going to go forward in health as well we're going to get to in health as well we're going to get to in health as well we're going to get to our kind of church rules for digital our kind of church rules for digital our kind of church rules for digital hygiene I think that the big the big uh hygiene I think that the big the big uh hygiene I think that the big the big uh ation is to do the pendulum swing thing ation is to do the pendulum swing thing ation is to do the pendulum swing thing right it's like wow we embraced social right it's like wow we embraced social right it's like wow we embraced social indiscriminately now we need to indiscriminately now we need to indiscriminately now we need to discriminate against social media at all discriminate against social media at all discriminate against social media at all costs and like neither ends of that costs and like neither ends of that costs and like neither ends of that extreme neither binary Dogma in all

extreme neither binary Dogma in all extreme neither binary Dogma in all forms is almost always ineffective it's forms is almost always ineffective it's forms is almost always ineffective it's almost always the simplest solution and almost always the simplest solution and almost always the simplest solution and in its Simplicity is is ignorant truly I in its Simplicity is is ignorant truly I in its Simplicity is is ignorant truly I want to discuss though why I am still want to discuss though why I am still want to discuss though why I am still bullish on social while acknowledging bullish on social while acknowledging bullish on social while acknowledging the like dangers and harms and really it the like dangers and harms and really it the like dangers and harms and really it comes down to acknowledging what comes down to acknowledging what comes down to acknowledging what churches are doing well on social I churches are doing well on social I churches are doing well on social I published a carousel on Instagram a few published a carousel on Instagram a few published a carousel on Instagram a few weeks ago with the headline apparently weeks ago with the headline apparently weeks ago with the headline apparently because all I can do now is be because all I can do now is be because all I can do now is be cheeky that wasn't from The New York cheeky that wasn't from The New York cheeky that wasn't from The New York Times the the cover on this Carousel was Times the the cover on this Carousel was Times the the cover on this Carousel was why I no longer recommend churches use why I no longer recommend churches use why I no longer recommend churches use social media six social media six social media six reasons that's the voice you have to reasons that's the voice you have to reasons that's the voice you have to read it in reason one social media might read it in reason one social media might read it in reason one social media might expose your pastor's secret double life expose your pastor's secret double life expose your pastor's secret double life and then I have this quote from a pastor and then I have this quote from a pastor and then I have this quote from a pastor I was at work work last week and I'm a I was at work work last week and I'm a I was at work work last week and I'm a bivocational pastor and someone that I bivocational pastor and someone that I bivocational pastor and someone that I work with about once a month came up to work with about once a month came up to work with about once a month came up to me and they said are you a minister you me and they said are you a minister you me and they said are you a minister you showed up on my Tik Tok feed this was a showed up on my Tik Tok feed this was a showed up on my Tik Tok feed this was a smaller Church in North Carolina couple smaller Church in North Carolina couple smaller Church in North Carolina couple hundred people and they told me they're hundred people and they told me they're hundred people and they told me they're like we just want people to know our like we just want people to know our like we just want people to know our churches here and they start using churches here and they start using churches here and they start using social intentionally for the first time social intentionally for the first time social intentionally for the first time really and this guy that he works with really and this guy that he works with really and this guy that he works with by vocational Pastor like he's worked by vocational Pastor like he's worked by vocational Pastor like he's worked with this guy for you know not not no with this guy for you know not not no with this guy for you know not not no length of time had no idea what his job length of time had no idea what his job length of time had no idea what his job was I'm just imagining what that guy's was I'm just imagining what that guy's was I'm just imagining what that guy's oh there's my there's that guy who I go oh there's my there's that guy who I go oh there's my there's that guy who I go work with okay he's pastor Pastor reason work with okay he's pastor Pastor reason work with okay he's pastor Pastor reason number two people might connect with number two people might connect with number two people might connect with your church on social media before your church on social media before your church on social media before coming in person this is from a creative coming in person this is from a creative coming in person this is from a creative director of a church of yeah midsize director of a church of yeah midsize director of a church of yeah midsize Church like 800 there was a lady that

Church like 800 there was a lady that Church like 800 there was a lady that just recently started going to our just recently started going to our just recently started going to our church when I met her she said to me church when I met her she said to me church when I met her she said to me I've been watching online and engaging I've been watching online and engaging I've been watching online and engaging with your social accounts and this is with your social accounts and this is with your social accounts and this is what drove me to finally come in person what drove me to finally come in person what drove me to finally come in person the fact that I was able to follow you the fact that I was able to follow you the fact that I was able to follow you online for so long uh reason number online for so long uh reason number online for so long uh reason number three social media might reveal your three social media might reveal your three social media might reveal your pastor's true pastor's true pastor's true identity man I'm the worst you know what identity man I'm the worst you know what identity man I'm the worst you know what though this post had the most likes though this post had the most likes though this post had the most likes that's the thing it works you're all the that's the thing it works you're all the that's the thing it works you're all the worst yes see we're all the worst see worst yes see we're all the worst see worst yes see we're all the worst see what social media has donees to us uh what social media has donees to us uh what social media has donees to us uh quote my wife came home from the K this quote my wife came home from the K this quote my wife came home from the K this from another Pastor my wife came home from another Pastor my wife came home from another Pastor my wife came home from the chiropractor a few weeks ago from the chiropractor a few weeks ago from the chiropractor a few weeks ago saying the doctor recognized her last saying the doctor recognized her last saying the doctor recognized her last name and asked if I was a pastor he's name and asked if I was a pastor he's name and asked if I was a pastor he's all over my Instagram feed right now the all over my Instagram feed right now the all over my Instagram feed right now the chiropractor said crack so that's a chiropractor said crack so that's a chiropractor said crack so that's a those Tik toks are the funniest have you those Tik toks are the funniest have you those Tik toks are the funniest have you seen those okay so just lie and just seen those okay so just lie and just seen those okay so just lie and just enjoy and then enjoy and then enjoy and then Bo oh man so that's a tangible example Bo oh man so that's a tangible example Bo oh man so that's a tangible example of someone hearing the good news online of someone hearing the good news online of someone hearing the good news online a person who does not attend our church a person who does not attend our church a person who does not attend our church or follow us online but lives in our or follow us online but lives in our or follow us online but lives in our local area I think this is something local area I think this is something local area I think this is something that people are missing right now on that people are missing right now on that people are missing right now on social is that these Discovery social is that these Discovery social is that these Discovery algorithms now have this local component algorithms now have this local component algorithms now have this local component that didn't exist prior and now because that didn't exist prior and now because that didn't exist prior and now because of Tik tok's influence all the other of Tik tok's influence all the other of Tik tok's influence all the other social platforms are copying it and now social platforms are copying it and now social platforms are copying it and now all of these platforms have these local all of these platforms have these local all of these platforms have these local Discovery components and for churches as Discovery components and for churches as Discovery components and for churches as local organizations right like we talk local organizations right like we talk local organizations right like we talk about the church Advantage which is if about the church Advantage which is if about the church Advantage which is if there are three steps to publishing there are three steps to publishing there are three steps to publishing content on social ideation creation content on social ideation creation content on social ideation creation publishing churches always get to skip publishing churches always get to skip publishing churches always get to skip that first step we don't have to come up that first step we don't have to come up that first step we don't have to come up with ideas because our senior leadership with ideas because our senior leadership with ideas because our senior leadership are coming up with those ideas every are coming up with those ideas every are coming up with those ideas every single week and The rhythms of preaching single week and The rhythms of preaching single week and The rhythms of preaching we can take that skip the idea phase go we can take that skip the idea phase go we can take that skip the idea phase go straight to creation and Publishing the

straight to creation and Publishing the straight to creation and Publishing the counter point to that would be yeah but counter point to that would be yeah but counter point to that would be yeah but like we're churches we're local like we're churches we're local like we're churches we're local organizations so like what do I care if organizations so like what do I care if organizations so like what do I care if I create a piece of content and then I create a piece of content and then I create a piece of content and then Brady sees it in another country or a Brady sees it in another country or a Brady sees it in another country or a couple States over but now again in the couple States over but now again in the couple States over but now again in the favor of the church there's this local favor of the church there's this local favor of the church there's this local component I can't tell you how many component I can't tell you how many component I can't tell you how many times I'm on Tik Tok and I'm like oh times I'm on Tik Tok and I'm like oh times I'm on Tik Tok and I'm like oh yeah I love that Creator and then like yeah I love that Creator and then like yeah I love that Creator and then like they post again from Toronto yeah you they post again from Toronto yeah you they post again from Toronto yeah you know um this dude you seen this guy no know um this dude you seen this guy no know um this dude you seen this guy no you haven't you haven't you haven't seen seen seen wow I am doing I'm doing the uh the the wow I am doing I'm doing the uh the the wow I am doing I'm doing the uh the the hand signals but uh it's this um it's hand signals but uh it's this um it's hand signals but uh it's this um it's this Indian guy and he's from Toronto this Indian guy and he's from Toronto this Indian guy and he's from Toronto and he sits in his car and he he he and he sits in his car and he he he and he sits in his car and he he he self-identifies as a zesty man as I do self-identifies as a zesty man as I do self-identifies as a zesty man as I do myself shouts to all my sassy zesty boys myself shouts to all my sassy zesty boys myself shouts to all my sassy zesty boys out there and his first viral video was out there and his first viral video was out there and his first viral video was where he said you know I didn't break up where he said you know I didn't break up where he said you know I didn't break up with you because I didn't like you it's with you because I didn't like you it's with you because I didn't like you it's the way you act ah the way you act ah the way you act ah the way you act ah the way you act ah the way you act ah and seen became this V sensation wow and and seen became this V sensation wow and and seen became this V sensation wow and then he finds out he's a Toronto man then he finds out he's a Toronto man then he finds out he's a Toronto man yeah that's not a coincidence that's yeah that's not a coincidence that's yeah that's not a coincidence that's that's by that's that's by Design we've that's by that's that's by Design we've that's by that's that's by Design we've seen that although I mean Counterpoint seen that although I mean Counterpoint seen that although I mean Counterpoint why didn't you see it then I don't why didn't you see it then I don't why didn't you see it then I don't know okay reason number four social know okay reason number four social know okay reason number four social media might introduce your church to new media might introduce your church to new media might introduce your church to new people people people yuck you really are the worst I am the yuck you really are the worst I am the yuck you really are the worst I am the worst see what social media has done to worst see what social media has done to worst see what social media has done to my writing 60% of our Church's new my writing 60% of our Church's new my writing 60% of our Church's new visitors now come from social media it's

visitors now come from social media it's visitors now come from social media it's a lead pastor of Mosaic Dubai Jeremy a lead pastor of Mosaic Dubai Jeremy a lead pastor of Mosaic Dubai Jeremy Cole who we had on a previous episode of Cole who we had on a previous episode of Cole who we had on a previous episode of the show reason number five social media the show reason number five social media the show reason number five social media might share the good news with millions might share the good news with millions might share the good news with millions of people quote that one sermon clip was of people quote that one sermon clip was of people quote that one sermon clip was seen almost 20 million times on seen almost 20 million times on seen almost 20 million times on Instagram alone end quote that's from Instagram alone end quote that's from Instagram alone end quote that's from from Crystal Anis creative director at from Crystal Anis creative director at from Crystal Anis creative director at one church we did a podcast episode with one church we did a podcast episode with one church we did a podcast episode with her and then finally reason number six her and then finally reason number six her and then finally reason number six social media might be your church social media might be your church social media might be your church plant's number one driver of growth plant's number one driver of growth plant's number one driver of growth angry face emoji quote more than half of angry face emoji quote more than half of angry face emoji quote more than half of our new members come from social media our new members come from social media our new members come from social media have come from social media in the past have come from social media in the past have come from social media in the past few years that's Trey Van Camp lead few years that's Trey Van Camp lead few years that's Trey Van Camp lead Pastor passion Creek Church we had him Pastor passion Creek Church we had him Pastor passion Creek Church we had him on a recent episode of the show as well on a recent episode of the show as well on a recent episode of the show as well basically all of these reasons for why I basically all of these reasons for why I basically all of these reasons for why I am still bullish on social because full am still bullish on social because full am still bullish on social because full stop I still believe the best way for stop I still believe the best way for stop I still believe the best way for your church to reach new people in your your church to reach new people in your your church to reach new people in your community is social media M I don't community is social media M I don't community is social media M I don't think you can make think you can make think you can make broadly a good argument for any other broadly a good argument for any other broadly a good argument for any other option when it comes to cost likelihood option when it comes to cost likelihood option when it comes to cost likelihood and sure there are individual churches and sure there are individual churches and sure there are individual churches that might have better options for those that might have better options for those that might have better options for those individual churches but if you said okay individual churches but if you said okay individual churches but if you said okay 300,000 churches in America what is the 300,000 churches in America what is the 300,000 churches in America what is the best option for the average church it's best option for the average church it's best option for the average church it's still got to be social and it's so funny still got to be social and it's so funny still got to be social and it's so funny because we've been saying this for what because we've been saying this for what because we've been saying this for what 10 years and it's more true now than it 10 years and it's more true now than it 10 years and it's more true now than it ever has been like when I when I first ever has been like when I when I first ever has been like when I when I first joined the podcast we were we were joined the podcast we were we were joined the podcast we were we were saying we were talking about this a lot saying we were talking about this a lot saying we were talking about this a lot but in the context of like Facebook ads but in the context of like Facebook ads but in the context of like Facebook ads like paid promotion on Facebook and such like paid promotion on Facebook and such like paid promotion on Facebook and such but now it's just like because of this but now it's just like because of this but now it's just like because of this this discovery era in in the algorithm this discovery era in in the algorithm this discovery era in in the algorithm like it's you don't have to pay for it like it's you don't have to pay for it like it's you don't have to pay for it anymore in fact it's better to not pay

anymore in fact it's better to not pay anymore in fact it's better to not pay for it anymore the opportunity to reach for it anymore the opportunity to reach for it anymore the opportunity to reach folks in your area um with the message folks in your area um with the message folks in your area um with the message of Jesus on social media has never been of Jesus on social media has never been of Jesus on social media has never been more ripe than it is now which which is more ripe than it is now which which is more ripe than it is now which which is it's just amazing and we have spent 10 it's just amazing and we have spent 10 it's just amazing and we have spent 10 Years Learning and practicing and it's Years Learning and practicing and it's Years Learning and practicing and it's almost like okay now we really get like almost like okay now we really get like almost like okay now we really get like you you just mentioned those those three you you just mentioned those those three you you just mentioned those those three um testimonies from Jeremy from Crystal um testimonies from Jeremy from Crystal um testimonies from Jeremy from Crystal and from Trey we've had them all in the and from Trey we've had them all in the and from Trey we've had them all in the show recently and all of those uh show recently and all of those uh show recently and all of those uh interviews we did we did with him I was interviews we did we did with him I was interviews we did we did with him I was so encouraged at the end because you so encouraged at the end because you so encouraged at the end because you know we hit record and and and we're know we hit record and and and we're know we hit record and and and we're done talking to them and I realized oh done talking to them and I realized oh done talking to them and I realized oh they're doing all this stuff they're they're doing all this stuff they're they're doing all this stuff they're putting in into practice and it's putting in into practice and it's putting in into practice and it's working like when Jeremy told us how working like when Jeremy told us how working like when Jeremy told us how many folks come to his church from many folks come to his church from many folks come to his church from social media it was like I could barely social media it was like I could barely social media it was like I could barely believe it and he's not making it up believe it and he's not making it up believe it and he's not making it up like it's true this it's working he's like it's true this it's working he's like it's true this it's working he's just doing the work he's posting on just doing the work he's posting on just doing the work he's posting on social he's posting on social he's social he's posting on social he's social he's posting on social he's posting on social and folks not only are posting on social and folks not only are posting on social and folks not only are just hearing the good news of Jesus just hearing the good news of Jesus just hearing the good news of Jesus which is which is great and truthfully which is which is great and truthfully which is which is great and truthfully in a lot of cases that's good enough but in a lot of cases that's good enough but in a lot of cases that's good enough but it's local people who are hearing the it's local people who are hearing the it's local people who are hearing the good news and coming to church and good news and coming to church and good news and coming to church and becoming integrated members of local becoming integrated members of local becoming integrated members of local Christian communities because they first Christian communities because they first Christian communities because they first heard uh that story being told through heard uh that story being told through heard uh that story being told through that social media Avenue through that that social media Avenue through that that social media Avenue through that church like it it I I feel like I'm church like it it I I feel like I'm church like it it I I feel like I'm cynical a cynical person by Nature it's cynical a cynical person by Nature it's cynical a cynical person by Nature it's very hard to make me excitable and this very hard to make me excitable and this very hard to make me excitable and this this makes me really excited that you this makes me really excited that you this makes me really excited that you can do this for free and a lot of cases

can do this for free and a lot of cases can do this for free and a lot of cases very low effort on social media and but very low effort on social media and but very low effort on social media and but by by using intentional strategy but by by using intentional strategy but by by using intentional strategy but pretty low effort and you can you can pretty low effort and you can you can pretty low effort and you can you can have real measurable impact on the lives have real measurable impact on the lives have real measurable impact on the lives of real people in your local community of real people in your local community of real people in your local community um thanks to these tools that are not um thanks to these tools that are not um thanks to these tools that are not neutral right like there it it takes neutral right like there it it takes neutral right like there it it takes real wisdom to engage with these devices real wisdom to engage with these devices real wisdom to engage with these devices and the networks Behind these devices and the networks Behind these devices and the networks Behind these devices the algorithms that that power these the algorithms that that power these the algorithms that that power these devices it takes real wisdom to do it in devices it takes real wisdom to do it in devices it takes real wisdom to do it in a way that enables you to walk in health a way that enables you to walk in health a way that enables you to walk in health um while you do it um you and I work on um while you do it um you and I work on um while you do it um you and I work on social media for a living and so we're social media for a living and so we're social media for a living and so we're like in the trenches we know what it's like in the trenches we know what it's like in the trenches we know what it's like to have to put um these things into like to have to put um these things into like to have to put um these things into practice so that at the end of the day practice so that at the end of the day practice so that at the end of the day like our souls are like our souls are like our souls are not in deep despair we we know what it's not in deep despair we we know what it's not in deep despair we we know what it's like um but I I guess what we're trying like um but I I guess what we're trying like um but I I guess what we're trying to say is we think it's possible and not to say is we think it's possible and not to say is we think it's possible and not only possible we really do think it's only possible we really do think it's only possible we really do think it's worth it for your church to the boosting worth it for your church to the boosting worth it for your church to the boosting point I got a DM uh 3 hours ago this is point I got a DM uh 3 hours ago this is point I got a DM uh 3 hours ago this is from a pastor and they said hey we had from a pastor and they said hey we had from a pastor and they said hey we had another real pop today less than 12 another real pop today less than 12 another real pop today less than 12 hours and it's five times the reach of hours and it's five times the reach of hours and it's five times the reach of our total likes and followers our total likes and followers our total likes and followers and the hook is avoid this mistake in and the hook is avoid this mistake in and the hook is avoid this mistake in your prayer life I'm just really looking your prayer life I'm just really looking your prayer life I'm just really looking at this for the first time a great at this for the first time a great at this for the first time a great hook I'm curious to know what the hook I'm curious to know what the hook I'm curious to know what the mistake is now they've got me hooked mistake is now they've got me hooked mistake is now they've got me hooked yeah so it says this is 26 times higher yeah so it says this is 26 times higher yeah so it says this is 26 times higher than your other posts within 15 hours of than your other posts within 15 hours of than your other posts within 15 hours of publishing just looking at the uh and so publishing just looking at the uh and so publishing just looking at the uh and so I asked him I was like okay so how long

I asked him I was like okay so how long I asked him I was like okay so how long has it been since you had you're like has it been since you had you're like has it been since you had you're like last one go off and he's like I just last one go off and he's like I just last one go off and he's like I just went and did a quick check we've had no went and did a quick check we've had no went and did a quick check we've had no real as big as this one on Facebook he real as big as this one on Facebook he real as big as this one on Facebook he asks me should we consider boosting that asks me should we consider boosting that asks me should we consider boosting that one or just let it go organically and I one or just let it go organically and I one or just let it go organically and I said I just let it run when it said I just let it run when it said I just let it run when it eventually loses momentum we're talking eventually loses momentum we're talking eventually loses momentum we're talking weeks at least then you might consider weeks at least then you might consider weeks at least then you might consider boosting and then I said I was like this boosting and then I said I was like this boosting and then I said I was like this kind of post is exciting because we've kind of post is exciting because we've kind of post is exciting because we've been consistent this is a church we work been consistent this is a church we work been consistent this is a church we work with week over week and so it's great to with week over week and so it's great to with week over week and so it's great to see one go off I told him I only have see one go off I told him I only have see one go off I told him I only have about five or so this year myself and about five or so this year myself and about five or so this year myself and they account for the vast majority of they account for the vast majority of they account for the vast majority of our growth so if you don't so you and our growth so if you don't so you and our growth so if you don't so you and you don't get those few if you don't you don't get those few if you don't you don't get those few if you don't keep publishing right he's like exactly keep publishing right he's like exactly keep publishing right he's like exactly I've seen your stuff in the leadup I've seen your stuff in the leadup I've seen your stuff in the leadup talking about the Social Ministry talking about the Social Ministry talking about the Social Ministry Mountain concept and we did a post about Mountain concept and we did a post about Mountain concept and we did a post about that today and the Social Ministry that today and the Social Ministry that today and the Social Ministry mountain is this framework for mountain is this framework for mountain is this framework for contextualizing how we take what we're contextualizing how we take what we're contextualizing how we take what we're doing online and show how it affects in doing online and show how it affects in doing online and show how it affects in person and the first level of that person and the first level of that person and the first level of that mountain which is four levels and you mountain which is four levels and you mountain which is four levels and you have to kind of climb each scale each have to kind of climb each scale each have to kind of climb each scale each level in consecutive order to get to the level in consecutive order to get to the level in consecutive order to get to the top which is the summit crossover events top which is the summit crossover events top which is the summit crossover events you see these events happening the first you see these events happening the first you see these events happening the first step is no weeks off and it's really step is no weeks off and it's really step is no weeks off and it's really counterintuitive in some senses because counterintuitive in some senses because counterintuitive in some senses because only a small handful of posts that you only a small handful of posts that you only a small handful of posts that you publish in an entire year in the world publish in an entire year in the world publish in an entire year in the world of Discovery algorithms will contribute of Discovery algorithms will contribute of Discovery algorithms will contribute to growth so we've doubled on Instagram to growth so we've doubled on Instagram to growth so we've doubled on Instagram this year we've been on Instagram for 10 this year we've been on Instagram for 10 this year we've been on Instagram for 10 years at Brady year we've been doing no

years at Brady year we've been doing no years at Brady year we've been doing no weeks off for 10 years before Discovery weeks off for 10 years before Discovery weeks off for 10 years before Discovery algorithms what we were doing was we algorithms what we were doing was we algorithms what we were doing was we just kept reaching our existing audience just kept reaching our existing audience just kept reaching our existing audience and we would bring in people we' cross and we would bring in people we' cross and we would bring in people we' cross promote from YouTube where we were promote from YouTube where we were promote from YouTube where we were having organic growth for the longest having organic growth for the longest having organic growth for the longest time but Instagram wasn't made for that time but Instagram wasn't made for that time but Instagram wasn't made for that Tik Tok changes everything Discovery Tik Tok changes everything Discovery Tik Tok changes everything Discovery algorithms come in we start publishing algorithms come in we start publishing algorithms come in we start publishing reals we've had three or four reals do reals we've had three or four reals do reals we've had three or four reals do really well and we've grown hold on say really well and we've grown hold on say really well and we've grown hold on say that again three or four that is like that again three or four that is like that again three or four that is like that's less than one handful and we're that's less than one handful and we're that's less than one handful and we're posting multiple times a week yeah posting multiple times a week yeah posting multiple times a week yeah getting a 100 shots and we've done 200 getting a 100 shots and we've done 200 getting a 100 shots and we've done 200 posts this year yeah posts this year yeah posts this year yeah so 1 to 2% right of the posts and you so 1 to 2% right of the posts and you so 1 to 2% right of the posts and you can go to our reals and like filter by can go to our reals and like filter by can go to our reals and like filter by most popular so we had one Church most popular so we had one Church most popular so we had one Church welcome videos which was talking about welcome videos which was talking about welcome videos which was talking about tre's church we did one what people will tre's church we did one what people will tre's church we did one what people will never tell you about big churches and we never tell you about big churches and we never tell you about big churches and we did one best church logos you've never did one best church logos you've never did one best church logos you've never seen part two no one likes part one of seen part two no one likes part one of seen part two no one likes part one of apparently so those are like the three apparently so those are like the three apparently so those are like the three biggest from this year all a half a biggest from this year all a half a biggest from this year all a half a million views roughly which is still million views roughly which is still million views roughly which is still small compared to like Crystal oh 20 small compared to like Crystal oh 20 small compared to like Crystal oh 20 million people saw this one doubled our million people saw this one doubled our million people saw this one doubled our followers for the year in the church followers for the year in the church followers for the year in the church social media space which is incredibly social media space which is incredibly social media space which is incredibly small relative to you know the Lord and small relative to you know the Lord and small relative to you know the Lord and we had been on here for 10 years so we w we had been on here for 10 years so we w we had been on here for 10 years so we w a new account you know sometimes we a new account you know sometimes we a new account you know sometimes we start working with the church they've start working with the church they've start working with the church they've never really taken things seriously and never really taken things seriously and never really taken things seriously and so they see things go well right away so they see things go well right away so they see things go well right away for them no no we had been it's my job for them no no we had been it's my job for them no no we had been it's my job for 10 years and it was just a few posts for 10 years and it was just a few posts for 10 years and it was just a few posts that did it all so that's kind of the that did it all so that's kind of the that did it all so that's kind of the Paradox where it's like well if it's Paradox where it's like well if it's Paradox where it's like well if it's just a few posts why do I need to just a few posts why do I need to just a few posts why do I need to publish so often because you never know

publish so often because you never know publish so often because you never know which post is going to be the one that which post is going to be the one that which post is going to be the one that does it you earn those posts by doing does it you earn those posts by doing does it you earn those posts by doing 200 good ones I'm proud of all the ones 200 good ones I'm proud of all the ones 200 good ones I'm proud of all the ones that pop off you're always like why that that pop off you're always like why that that pop off you're always like why that one sure why why number two and not one sure why why number two and not one sure why why number two and not number one yeah like some of the recent number one yeah like some of the recent number one yeah like some of the recent ones have been performing not as well as ones have been performing not as well as ones have been performing not as well as I would expect and I'm like come on man I would expect and I'm like come on man I would expect and I'm like come on man I really like those ones but that's just I really like those ones but that's just I really like those ones but that's just the game that you play now we've said the game that you play now we've said the game that you play now we've said this before and recently on the show all this before and recently on the show all this before and recently on the show all of those other you know those of those other you know those of those other you know those 196 other posts they serve a purpose as 196 other posts they serve a purpose as 196 other posts they serve a purpose as well they are serving first and foremost well they are serving first and foremost well they are serving first and foremost your your existing audience however many your your existing audience however many your your existing audience however many followers you have on Instagram now what followers you have on Instagram now what followers you have on Instagram now what do you have 100,000 no we're so we're at do you have 100,000 no we're so we're at do you have 100,000 no we're so we're at 85 we've just been kind of you know I 85 we've just been kind of you know I 85 we've just been kind of you know I I'm waiting for another one to go off I I'm waiting for another one to go off I I'm waiting for another one to go off I had a goal for 100 by the end of the had a goal for 100 by the end of the had a goal for 100 by the end of the year which by the way never set yourself year which by the way never set yourself year which by the way never set yourself numbers goals I do it every year but numbers goals I do it every year but numbers goals I do it every year but every year I know it's not something I every year I know it's not something I every year I know it's not something I can control it's more just like hey I can control it's more just like hey I can control it's more just like hey I know that a certain amount of effort know that a certain amount of effort know that a certain amount of effort needs to go in for this to be possible needs to go in for this to be possible needs to go in for this to be possible if it doesn't happen so be it cuz I if it doesn't happen so be it cuz I if it doesn't happen so be it cuz I can't control it fully I can only can't control it fully I can only can't control it fully I can only control publishing I can control input I control publishing I can control input I control publishing I can control input I can't necessarily control output uh but can't necessarily control output uh but can't necessarily control output uh but we were on Pace mhm now we're a bit we were on Pace mhm now we're a bit we were on Pace mhm now we're a bit behind pace and I was like you need to behind pace and I was like you need to behind pace and I was like you need to squeeze out one more viral post well squeeze out one more viral post well squeeze out one more viral post well that's why I keep churches hate him you that's why I keep churches hate him you that's why I keep churches hate him you know like no but that's why those viral know like no but that's why those viral know like no but that's why those viral posts serve to build your audience in a posts serve to build your audience in a posts serve to build your audience in a really effective way thanks to Discovery really effective way thanks to Discovery really effective way thanks to Discovery algorithms and then all those other 195 algorithms and then all those other 195 algorithms and then all those other 195 other posts serve the audience that other posts serve the audience that other posts serve the audience that follows you you you will have folks who follows you you you will have folks who follows you you you will have folks who don't follow you who who watch those don't follow you who who watch those don't follow you who who watch those posts and and of course it's not um it's

posts and and of course it's not um it's posts and and of course it's not um it's not a rule there but but those those not a rule there but but those those not a rule there but but those those posts serve to go go deep with the folks posts serve to go go deep with the folks posts serve to go go deep with the folks who show up for for you every day and who show up for for you every day and who show up for for you every day and but you're going to have a handful of but you're going to have a handful of but you're going to have a handful of posts that go wide and reach a wide posts that go wide and reach a wide posts that go wide and reach a wide audience and continue to build your audience and continue to build your audience and continue to build your audience and for the churches who are audience and for the churches who are audience and for the churches who are listening you can hear how this is listening you can hear how this is listening you can hear how this is relevant to what you're doing as a relevant to what you're doing as a relevant to what you're doing as a church we have the greatest story ever church we have the greatest story ever church we have the greatest story ever told it is worth showing up every week told it is worth showing up every week told it is worth showing up every week and posting about the story even even if and posting about the story even even if and posting about the story even even if it's just your church that hears it but it's just your church that hears it but it's just your church that hears it but if you show up and take no weeks off you if you show up and take no weeks off you if you show up and take no weeks off you keep showing up you keep showing up you keep showing up you keep showing up you keep showing up you keep showing up you follow uh a social sermon formula and follow uh a social sermon formula and follow uh a social sermon formula and you're posting good videos with good you're posting good videos with good you're posting good videos with good hooks you're going to have some posts hooks you're going to have some posts hooks you're going to have some posts that go off that reach thousands tens of that go off that reach thousands tens of that go off that reach thousands tens of thousands hundreds of thousands some thousands hundreds of thousands some thousands hundreds of thousands some cases millions of people with the story cases millions of people with the story cases millions of people with the story of Jesus which is enough but they will of Jesus which is enough but they will of Jesus which is enough but they will also probably follow along with you and also probably follow along with you and also probably follow along with you and surely some of those folks will be local surely some of those folks will be local surely some of those folks will be local they'll become ingrained in your local they'll become ingrained in your local they'll become ingrained in your local community and you can see how this this community and you can see how this this community and you can see how this this stuff matters it really does matter so stuff matters it really does matter so stuff matters it really does matter so we call that the fallback which is like we call that the fallback which is like we call that the fallback which is like hey if nothing else you're going to be hey if nothing else you're going to be hey if nothing else you're going to be reminding your church of the goodness of reminding your church of the goodness of reminding your church of the goodness of God the promises of God and I'm just God the promises of God and I'm just God the promises of God and I'm just looking at the insights here because we looking at the insights here because we looking at the insights here because we basically are public in two types of basically are public in two types of basically are public in two types of content right now we're publishing reals content right now we're publishing reals content right now we're publishing reals and we're publishing and we're publishing and we're publishing carousels and our carousels are kind of carousels and our carousels are kind of carousels and our carousels are kind of only reaching our existing audience and only reaching our existing audience and only reaching our existing audience and then our reals are the ones that give us then our reals are the ones that give us then our reals are the ones that give us a chance at reaching a wide audience and a chance at reaching a wide audience and a chance at reaching a wide audience and so we're purposely creating content that so we're purposely creating content that so we're purposely creating content that serves both right um kind of leaning serves both right um kind of leaning serves both right um kind of leaning into the reality of distribution on into the reality of distribution on into the reality of distribution on Instagram because both are great and

Instagram because both are great and Instagram because both are great and this is why we love social relative to this is why we love social relative to this is why we love social relative to traditional media you know you do traditional media you know you do traditional media you know you do mailers you leave the mailer there at my mailers you leave the mailer there at my mailers you leave the mailer there at my neighbor's house and if they don't neighbor's house and if they don't neighbor's house and if they don't respond to that mailer no one in your respond to that mailer no one in your respond to that mailer no one in your church benefits from that you share the church benefits from that you share the church benefits from that you share the good news someone in your local area good news someone in your local area good news someone in your local area sees it and while you're picking up sees it and while you're picking up sees it and while you're picking up their groceries like hey that guy's a their groceries like hey that guy's a their groceries like hey that guy's a pastor or while you're getting your pastor or while you're getting your pastor or while you're getting your adjustments like hey your pastor or your adjustments like hey your pastor or your adjustments like hey your pastor or your husband's a pastor if that didn't happen husband's a pastor if that didn't happen husband's a pastor if that didn't happen you'd still be sharing the good news you'd still be sharing the good news you'd still be sharing the good news with your church okay we've talked about with your church okay we've talked about with your church okay we've talked about kind of the push back we're seeing right kind of the push back we're seeing right kind of the push back we're seeing right now society-wide which is a good thing now society-wide which is a good thing now society-wide which is a good thing hey we indiscriminately Embrace social hey we indiscriminately Embrace social hey we indiscriminately Embrace social and digital media maybe that was a bad and digital media maybe that was a bad and digital media maybe that was a bad thing I don't want us to overcorrect I thing I don't want us to overcorrect I thing I don't want us to overcorrect I think that posture will be unhelpful for think that posture will be unhelpful for think that posture will be unhelpful for the mission of our the mission of our the mission of our churches which is why I talked about why churches which is why I talked about why churches which is why I talked about why I'm bullish on social but let's now get I'm bullish on social but let's now get I'm bullish on social but let's now get to the me of this which is rules for to the me of this which is rules for to the me of this which is rules for digital digital digital hygiene which is more than more hygiene which is more than more hygiene which is more than more important now than ever uh that's important now than ever uh that's important now than ever uh that's probably not true it's probably always probably not true it's probably always probably not true it's probably always been important we just apparently didn't been important we just apparently didn't been important we just apparently didn't want to talk about it or weren't aware want to talk about it or weren't aware want to talk about it or weren't aware of it as much because the biggest of it as much because the biggest of it as much because the biggest communication shift in 500 years there communication shift in 500 years there communication shift in 500 years there are a couple variables that must exist are a couple variables that must exist are a couple variables that must exist for that to be true one it has to be for that to be true one it has to be for that to be true one it has to be very disruptive to culture secondly it very disruptive to culture secondly it very disruptive to culture secondly it needs to happen really fast and that's needs to happen really fast and that's needs to happen really fast and that's the element of these this biggest the element of these this biggest the element of these this biggest communication ship that we typically communication ship that we typically communication ship that we typically Overlook we realize oh it's affecting Overlook we realize oh it's affecting Overlook we realize oh it's affecting everything but we don't realize how like everything but we don't realize how like everything but we don't realize how like much velocity and inertia there's been much velocity and inertia there's been much velocity and inertia there's been behind it it happened oh so quickly and

behind it it happened oh so quickly and behind it it happened oh so quickly and when things happen that quickly we when things happen that quickly we when things happen that quickly we didn't really have an opportunity as a didn't really have an opportunity as a didn't really have an opportunity as a culture to be hey like how do we culture to be hey like how do we culture to be hey like how do we Implement and we're just seeing it now Implement and we're just seeing it now Implement and we're just seeing it now generationally you talked about it with generationally you talked about it with generationally you talked about it with this friend of yours we're we're seeing this friend of yours we're we're seeing this friend of yours we're we're seeing that now more than ever there was a a that now more than ever there was a a that now more than ever there was a a little bit where parents just gave their little bit where parents just gave their little bit where parents just gave their kids phones because they didn't want kids phones because they didn't want kids phones because they didn't want their kids to be left out because they their kids to be left out because they their kids to be left out because they weren't really aware of the negative weren't really aware of the negative weren't really aware of the negative consequences and now we have oh a consequences and now we have oh a consequences and now we have oh a generation worth of generation worth of generation worth of data and now the medical community again data and now the medical community again data and now the medical community again is like hey maybe we should delay this is like hey maybe we should delay this is like hey maybe we should delay this for these reasons because we have data for these reasons because we have data for these reasons because we have data on it oh okay now we're comfortable on it oh okay now we're comfortable on it oh okay now we're comfortable doing so we're kind of catching up mhm doing so we're kind of catching up mhm doing so we're kind of catching up mhm three rules for digital hygiene the three rules for digital hygiene the three rules for digital hygiene the first is is and and these are these are first is is and and these are these are first is is and and these are these are less like prescriptive rules and more less like prescriptive rules and more less like prescriptive rules and more basically like rules for understanding basically like rules for understanding basically like rules for understanding the force that is digital media and then the force that is digital media and then the force that is digital media and then you can prescribe any number of you can prescribe any number of you can prescribe any number of different practices from these rules different practices from these rules different practices from these rules right so the first is what we've said right so the first is what we've said right so the first is what we've said already indiscriminate use of digital already indiscriminate use of digital already indiscriminate use of digital media will be harmful so the media will be harmful so the media will be harmful so the prescription that would come out of that prescription that would come out of that prescription that would come out of that is are you using digital media is are you using digital media is are you using digital media mindlessly do you have are you able to mindlessly do you have are you able to mindlessly do you have are you able to articulate rules boundaries that you articulate rules boundaries that you articulate rules boundaries that you have for yourself that you use in have for yourself that you use in have for yourself that you use in digital if not that is indiscriminate digital if not that is indiscriminate digital if not that is indiscriminate use what might a rule look like oh you use what might a rule look like oh you use what might a rule look like oh you know what I'm Alexander Mills I'm know what I'm Alexander Mills I'm know what I'm Alexander Mills I'm Portell priest and I do not have phones Portell priest and I do not have phones Portell priest and I do not have phones in my bedroom great that's a boundary in my bedroom great that's a boundary in my bedroom great that's a boundary that he is putting in his own life that he is putting in his own life that he is putting in his own life I st I st I st shroom do not allow notifications on my

shroom do not allow notifications on my shroom do not allow notifications on my phone this is you yes that's a boundary phone this is you yes that's a boundary phone this is you yes that's a boundary okay those are intentional things that okay those are intentional things that okay those are intentional things that he's doing as a response to the he's doing as a response to the he's doing as a response to the recognition that indiscriminate use of recognition that indiscriminate use of recognition that indiscriminate use of digital media will be harmful but that's digital media will be harmful but that's digital media will be harmful but that's not prescriptive for everyone I'm I'm so not prescriptive for everyone I'm I'm so not prescriptive for everyone I'm I'm so glad you said that because um a few glad you said that because um a few glad you said that because um a few episodes ago I told a story without episodes ago I told a story without episodes ago I told a story without naming someone uh about uh yeah someone naming someone uh about uh yeah someone naming someone uh about uh yeah someone who no longer uses Tik Tok and I'm I'm who no longer uses Tik Tok and I'm I'm who no longer uses Tik Tok and I'm I'm fine to Outer now because now I'm going fine to Outer now because now I'm going fine to Outer now because now I'm going to celebrate her for her it's my wife to celebrate her for her it's my wife to celebrate her for her it's my wife and oh no really and and she's a perf and oh no really and and she's a perf and oh no really and and she's a perf example of this like she realized in her example of this like she realized in her example of this like she realized in her own heart like monitoring her anxiety own heart like monitoring her anxiety own heart like monitoring her anxiety level she's like I can't be on Tik Tok level she's like I can't be on Tik Tok level she's like I can't be on Tik Tok ah sister room yeah there's just there's ah sister room yeah there's just there's ah sister room yeah there's just there's just too much stuff on here that I don't just too much stuff on here that I don't just too much stuff on here that I don't want to see the algorithm wants me to want to see the algorithm wants me to want to see the algorithm wants me to see it because it's fueled on rage and see it because it's fueled on rage and see it because it's fueled on rage and fear and it's just not good for her so fear and it's just not good for her so fear and it's just not good for her so she got off Tik Tok I I'm so proud of she got off Tik Tok I I'm so proud of she got off Tik Tok I I'm so proud of her she we didn't even talk about it she her she we didn't even talk about it she her she we didn't even talk about it she just like she just told me one day she's just like she just told me one day she's just like she just told me one day she's like I'm done this was it's been a full like I'm done this was it's been a full like I'm done this was it's been a full handful of months and she's like she handful of months and she's like she handful of months and she's like she didn't do the 14-day fast and then fall didn't do the 14-day fast and then fall didn't do the 14-day fast and then fall off the wagon she's like I feel so much off the wagon she's like I feel so much off the wagon she's like I feel so much health and happier and she's got no plan health and happier and she's got no plan health and happier and she's got no plan to go back and so to this that is not to go back and so to this that is not to go back and so to this that is not prescriptive for everyone we we have prescriptive for everyone we we have prescriptive for everyone we we have whole strategies on how your church whole strategies on how your church whole strategies on how your church should be using Tik Tok we endorse using should be using Tik Tok we endorse using should be using Tik Tok we endorse using Tik Tok but not mindlessly and personal Tik Tok but not mindlessly and personal Tik Tok but not mindlessly and personal and professional use are also very and professional use are also very and professional use are also very different which is wor mentioning and so different which is wor mentioning and so different which is wor mentioning and so for Rebecca she she came to a point for Rebecca she she came to a point for Rebecca she she came to a point where she had to be super super she was where she had to be super super she was where she had to be super super she was it was indiscriminate use and she had to it was indiscriminate use and she had to it was indiscriminate use and she had to become very mindful of it and realize become very mindful of it and realize become very mindful of it and realize okay I got to make a change here and for okay I got to make a change here and for okay I got to make a change here and for her that's that's looked like health and her that's that's looked like health and her that's that's looked like health and so yeah these this is not a prescription

so yeah these this is not a prescription so yeah these this is not a prescription uh in the sense that like like me your uh in the sense that like like me your uh in the sense that like like me your phone should be on do not disturb all phone should be on do not disturb all phone should be on do not disturb all the time or like Rebecca you shouldn't the time or like Rebecca you shouldn't the time or like Rebecca you shouldn't have Tik Tok but we have to be mindful have Tik Tok but we have to be mindful have Tik Tok but we have to be mindful of these things we have to be mindful of of these things we have to be mindful of of these things we have to be mindful of these things that's a great example of a these things that's a great example of a these things that's a great example of a different type of rule that would be different type of rule that would be different type of rule that would be informed by this rule of digital hygiene informed by this rule of digital hygiene informed by this rule of digital hygiene indiscriminate use will be harmful maybe indiscriminate use will be harmful maybe indiscriminate use will be harmful maybe for you that might mean xplatform maybe for you that might mean xplatform maybe for you that might mean xplatform maybe X yes you know what x might be harmful X yes you know what x might be harmful X yes you know what x might be harmful for all of us xplatform is one that I for all of us xplatform is one that I for all of us xplatform is one that I can't engage in right it's like maybe can't engage in right it's like maybe can't engage in right it's like maybe this isn't a perfect anal but like some this isn't a perfect anal but like some this isn't a perfect anal but like some people can have a drink of alcohol and people can have a drink of alcohol and people can have a drink of alcohol and not have any issue like I don't have any not have any issue like I don't have any not have any issue like I don't have any history of alcohol abuse in like my history of alcohol abuse in like my history of alcohol abuse in like my immediate family I've never seen it up immediate family I've never seen it up immediate family I've never seen it up close in a negative way I've only seen close in a negative way I've only seen close in a negative way I've only seen it in a healthy way like Dad would have it in a healthy way like Dad would have it in a healthy way like Dad would have one beer when we'd watch the Raptor's one beer when we'd watch the Raptor's one beer when we'd watch the Raptor's game at night once a week so when I have game at night once a week so when I have game at night once a week so when I have a drink to me it's like this oh this is a drink to me it's like this oh this is a drink to me it's like this oh this is a great thing other people have to stay a great thing other people have to stay a great thing other people have to stay away from it because either molecularly away from it because either molecularly away from it because either molecularly or uh just from history and family or uh just from history and family or uh just from history and family tradition it is extremely unhealthy for tradition it is extremely unhealthy for tradition it is extremely unhealthy for them so that's like a rule like you know them so that's like a rule like you know them so that's like a rule like you know we've done this as Christians it's not we've done this as Christians it's not we've done this as Christians it's not useful to prescribe one thing for useful to prescribe one thing for useful to prescribe one thing for everyone feel like feel like maybe the everyone feel like feel like maybe the everyone feel like feel like maybe the early Christians talked about that feel early Christians talked about that feel early Christians talked about that feel like there's something in there might like there's something in there might like there's something in there might been talked we might have a resource for been talked we might have a resource for been talked we might have a resource for this um hey this um hey this um hey uh but you as an individual have to uh but you as an individual have to uh but you as an individual have to figure out what's right for you another figure out what's right for you another figure out what's right for you another example of that might be okay I'm on all example of that might be okay I'm on all example of that might be okay I'm on all the platforms but there are certain the platforms but there are certain the platforms but there are certain types of creators that I just don't want types of creators that I just don't want types of creators that I just don't want to follow so for example I was opening to follow so for example I was opening to follow so for example I was opening Tik Tok today because I I use Tik Tok

Tik Tok today because I I use Tik Tok Tik Tok today because I I use Tik Tok more professionally than personally um more professionally than personally um more professionally than personally um lately anyway and I I looked at like the lately anyway and I I looked at like the lately anyway and I I looked at like the stories icons at the top of my Tik Tok stories icons at the top of my Tik Tok stories icons at the top of my Tik Tok and it was all shirtless dudes with huge and it was all shirtless dudes with huge and it was all shirtless dudes with huge muscles and I was like huh that's muscles and I was like huh that's muscles and I was like huh that's actually not reflective of my Tik Tok actually not reflective of my Tik Tok actually not reflective of my Tik Tok feed right now but I must follow a bunch feed right now but I must follow a bunch feed right now but I must follow a bunch of uh Fitness influencers that are dudes of uh Fitness influencers that are dudes of uh Fitness influencers that are dudes and of course what do you do if you're a and of course what do you do if you're a and of course what do you do if you're a fitness influencer like your avatar fitness influencer like your avatar fitness influencer like your avatar needs to be you with you know your needs to be you with you know your needs to be you with you know your bulging muscles and really great bulging muscles and really great bulging muscles and really great lighting with a huge pump be like look lighting with a huge pump be like look lighting with a huge pump be like look at me I'm huge now you can trust what I at me I'm huge now you can trust what I at me I'm huge now you can trust what I have to say and I had a reflection in have to say and I had a reflection in have to say and I had a reflection in that moment earlier today I was like huh that moment earlier today I was like huh that moment earlier today I was like huh I wonder how this might be warping my I wonder how this might be warping my I wonder how this might be warping my perspective of how I see myself in the perspective of how I see myself in the perspective of how I see myself in the mirror and I kind of just let that mirror and I kind of just let that mirror and I kind of just let that thought go but I'm using it as an thought go but I'm using it as an thought go but I'm using it as an example of like you know maybe I come to example of like you know maybe I come to example of like you know maybe I come to the point where I'm like actually those the point where I'm like actually those the point where I'm like actually those people are in like teaching me useful people are in like teaching me useful people are in like teaching me useful things but maybe I've learned all the things but maybe I've learned all the things but maybe I've learned all the useful things I need for them and maybe useful things I need for them and maybe useful things I need for them and maybe seeing that and this goes back to a seeing that and this goes back to a seeing that and this goes back to a previous episode we did frequency previous episode we did frequency previous episode we did frequency illusion maybe seeing this this much is illusion maybe seeing this this much is illusion maybe seeing this this much is warping my perspective on what's warping my perspective on what's warping my perspective on what's actually normal ah I should not follow actually normal ah I should not follow actually normal ah I should not follow those type of people and this could be those type of people and this could be those type of people and this could be an expression in any type of thing like an expression in any type of thing like an expression in any type of thing like even something that's good can go too even something that's good can go too even something that's good can go too far perhaps you follow clean Talk which far perhaps you follow clean Talk which far perhaps you follow clean Talk which is all about like how how to keep your is all about like how how to keep your is all about like how how to keep your house neat like here's how I get but house neat like here's how I get but house neat like here's how I get but then you become like unhealthily then you become like unhealthily then you become like unhealthily obsessed with a clean home and you're obsessed with a clean home and you're obsessed with a clean home and you're about to have a second kid and you're about to have a second kid and you're about to have a second kid and you're like that's not realistic and now you're like that's not realistic and now you're like that's not realistic and now you're unhappy because what you want and what unhappy because what you want and what unhappy because what you want and what you have the Gap is widening and usually you have the Gap is widening and usually you have the Gap is widening and usually The Wider that Gap is the more unhappy The Wider that Gap is the more unhappy The Wider that Gap is the more unhappy you are the more disc content you are so you are the more disc content you are so you are the more disc content you are so you need to actively play a role in

you need to actively play a role in you need to actively play a role in removing those things second rule for removing those things second rule for removing those things second rule for digital hygiene if you don't make digital hygiene if you don't make digital hygiene if you don't make conscious decisions they will be made conscious decisions they will be made conscious decisions they will be made for you and this is of course relative for you and this is of course relative for you and this is of course relative to the Discovery algorithm and how it is to the Discovery algorithm and how it is to the Discovery algorithm and how it is going to use your viewing habits and going to use your viewing habits and going to use your viewing habits and your personal interests to show you your personal interests to show you your personal interests to show you things that it is convinced that you things that it is convinced that you things that it is convinced that you like now let's talk about a positive like now let's talk about a positive like now let's talk about a positive example of this I have multiple types of example of this I have multiple types of example of this I have multiple types of music that I listen to on Spotify mhm music that I listen to on Spotify mhm music that I listen to on Spotify mhm they have made some type of algorithmic they have made some type of algorithmic they have made some type of algorithmic change in the past year where they are change in the past year where they are change in the past year where they are smart enough to smart enough to smart enough to know what mood or in this case what know what mood or in this case what know what mood or in this case what family member is in the car and what to family member is in the car and what to family member is in the car and what to play no way afterwards here's what I play no way afterwards here's what I play no way afterwards here's what I mean by that so they've introduced all mean by that so they've introduced all mean by that so they've introduced all these like smart things that I don't use these like smart things that I don't use these like smart things that I don't use but sometimes what it will do is if but sometimes what it will do is if but sometimes what it will do is if you're on if you've listened to a single you're on if you've listened to a single you're on if you've listened to a single okay uh so this morning we're on the way okay uh so this morning we're on the way okay uh so this morning we're on the way to school and Lil says I want to hear to school and Lil says I want to hear to school and Lil says I want to hear praise praise the Lord oh my soul by praise praise the Lord oh my soul by praise praise the Lord oh my soul by ever heard of it not familiar with it ever heard of it not familiar with it ever heard of it not familiar with it what serious it's like the number one what serious it's like the number one what serious it's like the number one song right now I don't it's elevation song right now I don't it's elevation song right now I don't it's elevation Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore it's Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore it's Brandon Lake and Chandler Moore it's like when khed gets everyone together like when khed gets everyone together like when khed gets everyone together and it's like it's Bieber and chance and and it's like it's Bieber and chance and and it's like it's Bieber and chance and quo I don't spend too much time quo I don't spend too much time quo I don't spend too much time listening and Weezy to the top of the listening and Weezy to the top of the listening and Weezy to the top of the Christian charts okay this song is a Bop Christian charts okay this song is a Bop Christian charts okay this song is a Bop and it will make you want to praise the and it will make you want to praise the and it will make you want to praise the Lord okay now there is a questionable Lord okay now there is a questionable Lord okay now there is a questionable lyric okay this is not the point of this lyric okay this is not the point of this lyric okay this is not the point of this okay this might be the most important okay this might be the most important okay this might be the most important thing we talked about okay there's this thing we talked about okay there's this thing we talked about okay there's this questionable lyric in the first verse

questionable lyric in the first verse questionable lyric in the first verse this is a praise song okay it is this is a praise song okay it is this is a praise song okay it is exciting it is high energy it is hey no exciting it is high energy it is hey no exciting it is high energy it is hey no matter what's happening look to God and matter what's happening look to God and matter what's happening look to God and give him praise it's elevation okay it's a praise song okay elevation okay it's a praise song okay not a slow not a slow not a slow s now sometimes the critique on s now sometimes the critique on s now sometimes the critique on Christian music worship music is it's Christian music worship music is it's Christian music worship music is it's not biblically based right hey there's not biblically based right hey there's not biblically based right hey there's no lament there's no you know no lament there's no you know no lament there's no you know ecclesiastic type of things it's always ecclesiastic type of things it's always ecclesiastic type of things it's always like positive but there's a lot of like positive but there's a lot of like positive but there's a lot of negative like in the Psalms I think they negative like in the Psalms I think they negative like in the Psalms I think they took it too far in the first verse took it too far in the first verse took it too far in the first verse there's a line that says praise is the there's a line that says praise is the there's a line that says praise is the water my enemies drown water my enemies drown water my enemies drown in yikes which I think is uh is just in yikes which I think is uh is just in yikes which I think is uh is just tonally tonally tonally thematically in congruent with the rest thematically in congruent with the rest thematically in congruent with the rest of the song yeah that's they really went of the song yeah that's they really went of the song yeah that's they really went for it there hey and they sing it very for it there hey and they sing it very for it there hey and they sing it very cheerfully praise is the cheerfully praise is the cheerfully praise is the water everyone's dying in like it's just water everyone's dying in like it's just water everyone's dying in like it's just it's it's it's a lot yeah that was a it's it's it's a lot yeah that was a it's it's it's a lot yeah that was a little bit of a paraphrase but that is a little bit of a paraphrase but that is a little bit of a paraphrase but that is a lot yeah anyway okay so you're listening lot yeah anyway okay so you're listening lot yeah anyway okay so you're listening to this song Li is shouting it on her to this song Li is shouting it on her to this song Li is shouting it on her way to school like my enemies are way to school like my enemies are way to school like my enemies are drowning in this water thanks be to God drowning in this water thanks be to God drowning in this water thanks be to God yeah she's like those fourth grade Tommy yeah she's like those fourth grade Tommy yeah she's like those fourth grade Tommy on the on the monkey bars he's Johnny on the on the monkey bars he's Johnny on the on the monkey bars he's Johnny Johny going down today Tommy was the Johny going down today Tommy was the Johny going down today Tommy was the bully in my when I was a child so uh bully in my when I was a child so uh bully in my when I was a child so uh okay every time we listen to this song I okay every time we listen to this song I okay every time we listen to this song I choose it as a single so Spotify has to choose it as a single so Spotify has to choose it as a single so Spotify has to determine what song comes after right determine what song comes after right determine what song comes after right and every time we listen the song and every time we listen the song and every time we listen the song immediately after is Al Al by Forest immediately after is Al Al by Forest immediately after is Al Al by Forest Frank okay classic and it happens every

Frank okay classic and it happens every Frank okay classic and it happens every time and I tested it this morning time and I tested it this morning time and I tested it this morning driving home from school where I was driving home from school where I was driving home from school where I was like I pavlovian was like this song ends like I pavlovian was like this song ends like I pavlovian was like this song ends now I get to listen to alter it's not a now I get to listen to alter it's not a now I get to listen to alter it's not a playlist it's determining that because playlist it's determining that because playlist it's determining that because oh you're going to listen to the Jesus oh you're going to listen to the Jesus oh you're going to listen to the Jesus music now you're off of for all the dogs music now you're off of for all the dogs music now you're off of for all the dogs by Drake okay that yeah you're in this by Drake okay that yeah you're in this by Drake okay that yeah you're in this mood okay we're not going to then play mood okay we're not going to then play mood okay we're not going to then play try it our best from Drake's new album try it our best from Drake's new album try it our best from Drake's new album we're going to keep you in this kind of we're going to keep you in this kind of we're going to keep you in this kind of mood you're in this genre right now mood you're in this genre right now mood you're in this genre right now those are discovery those are discovery those are discovery I'm not evening that decision it's me I'm not evening that decision it's me I'm not evening that decision it's me and I'm it because now I'm being and I'm it because now I'm being and I'm it because now I'm being trained it can work in the negative you trained it can work in the negative you trained it can work in the negative you can expect something and it's training can expect something and it's training can expect something and it's training you towards things that you don't want you towards things that you don't want you towards things that you don't want if you don't make conscious decisions if you don't make conscious decisions if you don't make conscious decisions they will be made for they will be made for they will be made for you yeah that is geez there's a lot to you yeah that is geez there's a lot to you yeah that is geez there's a lot to ponder is the word like that that is ponder is the word like that that is ponder is the word like that that is such a just such a perfect example and such a just such a perfect example and such a just such a perfect example and I'm glad you started with a positive I'm glad you started with a positive I'm glad you started with a positive example of example of example of because again my cynical bent I I and because again my cynical bent I I and because again my cynical bent I I and this is what Rebecca was going through this is what Rebecca was going through this is what Rebecca was going through with Tik Tok was like it was showing her with Tik Tok was like it was showing her with Tik Tok was like it was showing her stuff that she didn't want to see and stuff that she didn't want to see and stuff that she didn't want to see and and not it it wasn't like at the risk of and not it it wasn't like at the risk of and not it it wasn't like at the risk of talking about it's just like stuff talking about it's just like stuff talking about it's just like stuff that's going on in the real world like that's going on in the real world like that's going on in the real world like real events that just like as a as a real events that just like as a as a real events that just like as a as a woman as a mother like she it was just woman as a mother like she it was just woman as a mother like she it was just too much her heart couldn't handle it Y too much her heart couldn't handle it Y too much her heart couldn't handle it Y and um it's really EAS easy if you're and um it's really EAS easy if you're and um it's really EAS easy if you're not intentional or if you're not mindful not intentional or if you're not mindful not intentional or if you're not mindful or if you just don't know like it's or if you just don't know like it's or if you just don't know like it's probably just ignorance for a lot of

probably just ignorance for a lot of probably just ignorance for a lot of folks about how the algorithms work and folks about how the algorithms work and folks about how the algorithms work and how they serve you content based off how they serve you content based off how they serve you content based off your behavior you and I know this your behavior you and I know this your behavior you and I know this because we this is what we this we we because we this is what we this we we because we this is what we this we we work in this Arena but a lot of folks work in this Arena but a lot of folks work in this Arena but a lot of folks just ignorance is bliss they just don't just ignorance is bliss they just don't just ignorance is bliss they just don't know and and based on how you interact know and and based on how you interact know and and based on how you interact with content or don't interact with with content or don't interact with with content or don't interact with content based on how you make use of content based on how you make use of content based on how you make use of that non-interested button on Tik Tok that non-interested button on Tik Tok that non-interested button on Tik Tok the algorithm is going to serve you the algorithm is going to serve you the algorithm is going to serve you content that it thinks can get you to content that it thinks can get you to content that it thinks can get you to watch it for the full length of the watch it for the full length of the watch it for the full length of the video so whether that's um you know if video so whether that's um you know if video so whether that's um you know if you're on my Tik Tok feed whether that's you're on my Tik Tok feed whether that's you're on my Tik Tok feed whether that's like a hunting video or like a foraging like a hunting video or like a foraging like a hunting video or like a foraging video that like wow that mushroom is video that like wow that mushroom is video that like wow that mushroom is cool I'm going to watch this whole thing cool I'm going to watch this whole thing cool I'm going to watch this whole thing or if you're like your Tik Tok is or if you're like your Tik Tok is or if you're like your Tik Tok is actually shroom talk yeah there's a guy actually shroom talk yeah there's a guy actually shroom talk yeah there's a guy in in Burlington called um Jeremy from in in Burlington called um Jeremy from in in Burlington called um Jeremy from Ontario Ontario hi it's Jeremy from Ontario Ontario hi it's Jeremy from Ontario Ontario hi it's Jeremy from Ontario wild mushrooms I think that's Ontario wild mushrooms I think that's Ontario wild mushrooms I think that's what it's called and yeah just lots of what it's called and yeah just lots of what it's called and yeah just lots of did you discover him on Tik Tok yeah so did you discover him on Tik Tok yeah so did you discover him on Tik Tok yeah so you didn't know so in the Ontario you didn't know so in the Ontario you didn't know so in the Ontario mushroom foraging Community you didn't mushroom foraging Community you didn't mushroom foraging Community you didn't even know this guy so now when I'm even know this guy so now when I'm even know this guy so now when I'm because I'm like I'm a junior forager because I'm like I'm a junior forager because I'm like I'm a junior forager like you know so now he is always like you know so now he is always like you know so now he is always posting what mushrooms are currently posting what mushrooms are currently posting what mushrooms are currently ripen in season we live in the same area ripen in season we live in the same area ripen in season we live in the same area Tik Tok knows this they serve me his Tik Tok knows this they serve me his Tik Tok knows this they serve me his mushroom content because we're in the mushroom content because we're in the mushroom content because we're in the same local now I never have to go to same local now I never have to go to same local now I never have to go to Google to search like when are Shan trrs Google to search like when are Shan trrs Google to search like when are Shan trrs like popping off like this is a positive like popping off like this is a positive like popping off like this is a positive I don't follow him I don't follow him he I don't follow him I don't follow him he I don't follow him I don't follow him he I never use the following page on Tik I never use the following page on Tik I never use the following page on Tik Tok I'm always on the for you page and Tok I'm always on the for you page and Tok I'm always on the for you page and he's like Sean TRS are popping off this he's like Sean TRS are popping off this he's like Sean TRS are popping off this week I'm like sweet thanks J and I'm in

week I'm like sweet thanks J and I'm in week I'm like sweet thanks J and I'm in the forest finding Sean TRS so again the forest finding Sean TRS so again the forest finding Sean TRS so again positive because I'm I'm interacting positive because I'm I'm interacting positive because I'm I'm interacting with his content I'm either like saving with his content I'm either like saving with his content I'm either like saving them for later or surely I'm watching them for later or surely I'm watching them for later or surely I'm watching them all the way through yeah but if them all the way through yeah but if them all the way through yeah but if something comes across my feed that I something comes across my feed that I something comes across my feed that I don't want to see if I'm not like either don't want to see if I'm not like either don't want to see if I'm not like either swiping past it or using that not swiping past it or using that not swiping past it or using that not interested feature uh like those interested feature uh like those interested feature uh like those decisions are going to keep being made decisions are going to keep being made decisions are going to keep being made for me because I'm mindlessly for me because I'm mindlessly for me because I'm mindlessly interacting with that stuff mhm mhm look interacting with that stuff mhm mhm look interacting with that stuff mhm mhm look I apologize for having this elevation I apologize for having this elevation I apologize for having this elevation lyric discussion like four months after lyric discussion like four months after lyric discussion like four months after everyone else did like I know that this everyone else did like I know that this everyone else did like I know that this has been debated and like probably has been debated and like probably has been debated and like probably adjourned in like the public Christian adjourned in like the public Christian adjourned in like the public Christian that's funny cuz this is the first time that's funny cuz this is the first time that's funny cuz this is the first time I'm hearing about it you even know the I'm hearing about it you even know the I'm hearing about it you even know the song on Twitter like I'm pretty plugged song on Twitter like I'm pretty plugged song on Twitter like I'm pretty plugged into like the current Christian you know into like the current Christian you know into like the current Christian you know okay conversation at least uh but yeah okay conversation at least uh but yeah okay conversation at least uh but yeah this didn't come across my my feet at this didn't come across my my feet at this didn't come across my my feet at all rule for digital hygiene number all rule for digital hygiene number all rule for digital hygiene number three if you are not paying for the three if you are not paying for the three if you are not paying for the product you are are the product again an product you are are the product again an product you are are the product again an important reminder we forget this important reminder we forget this important reminder we forget this because we see ads but the way that because we see ads but the way that because we see ads but the way that platforms make their most money is the platforms make their most money is the platforms make their most money is the data mining that they're doing with you data mining that they're doing with you data mining that they're doing with you and with me and what have we begun to and with me and what have we begun to and with me and what have we begun to see over the past decade well more see over the past decade well more see over the past decade well more Progressive Nations European nations Progressive Nations European nations Progressive Nations European nations Californian states have been like hey we Californian states have been like hey we Californian states have been like hey we are going to implement these new privacy are going to implement these new privacy are going to implement these new privacy laws and they're clunky and they laws and they're clunky and they laws and they're clunky and they basically ruin the internet because now basically ruin the internet because now basically ruin the internet because now I have to care about cookies on every I have to care about cookies on every I have to care about cookies on every single page and every page has four single page and every page has four single page and every page has four pop-ups which you know yes maybe my pop-ups which you know yes maybe my pop-ups which you know yes maybe my privacy is being cared for a little bit privacy is being cared for a little bit privacy is being cared for a little bit more but now I have to like click out of more but now I have to like click out of more but now I have to like click out of two pop-ups every time I visit a website two pop-ups every time I visit a website two pop-ups every time I visit a website like is that the trade-off that we

like is that the trade-off that we like is that the trade-off that we wanted to make as a society seems like wanted to make as a society seems like wanted to make as a society seems like no but those are countries that were no but those are countries that were no but those are countries that were basically like okay this is not as it basically like okay this is not as it basically like okay this is not as it should be this Tech evolved way too fast should be this Tech evolved way too fast should be this Tech evolved way too fast it's way too invasive we need to stop it it's way too invasive we need to stop it it's way too invasive we need to stop it and the solutions are unpolished the and the solutions are unpolished the and the solutions are unpolished the solutions are inelegant but they're a solutions are inelegant but they're a solutions are inelegant but they're a step in the right direction if not step in the right direction if not step in the right direction if not properly executed and we're going to properly executed and we're going to properly executed and we're going to continue to make better choices because continue to make better choices because continue to make better choices because because we are not indefinitely going to because we are not indefinitely going to because we are not indefinitely going to be comfortable giving big tech be comfortable giving big tech be comfortable giving big tech companies all of this very sensitive companies all of this very sensitive companies all of this very sensitive information but it came along so fast information but it came along so fast information but it came along so fast and we were from a generation where our and we were from a generation where our and we were from a generation where our parents were like like my mom wouldn't parents were like like my mom wouldn't parents were like like my mom wouldn't let me put the credit card on anywhere let me put the credit card on anywhere let me put the credit card on anywhere but Amazon for like 5 years she's like but Amazon for like 5 years she's like but Amazon for like 5 years she's like it could get stolen I was like Mom you it could get stolen I was like Mom you it could get stolen I was like Mom you can just buy anything online at any time can just buy anything online at any time can just buy anything online at any time it's fine like if something happens you it's fine like if something happens you it's fine like if something happens you just call the credit card companies they just call the credit card companies they just call the credit card companies they give it back in a second and you're fine give it back in a second and you're fine give it back in a second and you're fine you issued a new card she's like no no you issued a new card she's like no no you issued a new card she's like no no no no no like it's bad it's bad and what no no no like it's bad it's bad and what no no no like it's bad it's bad and what son aren't you worried about your data son aren't you worried about your data son aren't you worried about your data I'm like no the internet's awesome they I'm like no the internet's awesome they I'm like no the internet's awesome they can have all my data no matter what as can have all my data no matter what as can have all my data no matter what as long as I get to keep staying on the long as I get to keep staying on the long as I get to keep staying on the platforms and eventually you know we've platforms and eventually you know we've platforms and eventually you know we've reached more of a healthy middle ground reached more of a healthy middle ground reached more of a healthy middle ground but this is similar to those other two but this is similar to those other two but this is similar to those other two rules for digital hygiene an important rules for digital hygiene an important rules for digital hygiene an important reminder and from it you are allowed to reminder and from it you are allowed to reminder and from it you are allowed to basically prescribe anything for basically prescribe anything for basically prescribe anything for yourself that's rooted in that whatever yourself that's rooted in that whatever yourself that's rooted in that whatever that might make sense uh for for you MH that might make sense uh for for you MH that might make sense uh for for you MH It's Curious to me that that all three It's Curious to me that that all three It's Curious to me that that all three of these points we talking talking about of these points we talking talking about of these points we talking talking about for um you know rules for navigating for um you know rules for navigating for um you know rules for navigating digital media with hygiene that promotes digital media with hygiene that promotes digital media with hygiene that promotes Health like all all three of these have

Health like all all three of these have Health like all all three of these have this ignorance element to them which is this ignorance element to them which is this ignorance element to them which is to nobody's fault but like um I'm I'm to nobody's fault but like um I'm I'm to nobody's fault but like um I'm I'm constantly surprised by how many folks constantly surprised by how many folks constantly surprised by how many folks I'm talking to about folks who don't I'm talking to about folks who don't I'm talking to about folks who don't work in digital media right like just work in digital media right like just work in digital media right like just regular people and their comments about regular people and their comments about regular people and their comments about these platforms and how they work um these platforms and how they work um these platforms and how they work um algorithms or just recently I saw algorithms or just recently I saw algorithms or just recently I saw someone on Facebook here in Canada someone on Facebook here in Canada someone on Facebook here in Canada talking about they were trying to post a talking about they were trying to post a talking about they were trying to post a news article on Facebook and it wouldn't news article on Facebook and it wouldn't news article on Facebook and it wouldn't work and they're like see we're being work and they're like see we're being work and they're like see we're being censored and it's just like okay so you censored and it's just like okay so you censored and it's just like okay so you don't like there is a thing going on don't like there is a thing going on don't like there is a thing going on here that you don't know about and so here that you don't know about and so here that you don't know about and so you're drawing a like a wrong conclusion you're drawing a like a wrong conclusion you're drawing a like a wrong conclusion right and and that happens a lot with right and and that happens a lot with right and and that happens a lot with these social platforms too which is like these social platforms too which is like these social platforms too which is like especially for this third one like folks especially for this third one like folks especially for this third one like folks don't understand that yes these don't understand that yes these don't understand that yes these platforms are free Facebook Instagram platforms are free Facebook Instagram platforms are free Facebook Instagram Twitter X Tik Tok YouTube free to use Twitter X Tik Tok YouTube free to use Twitter X Tik Tok YouTube free to use but that's because the transaction ction but that's because the transaction ction but that's because the transaction ction is happening with what we're giving them is happening with what we're giving them is happening with what we're giving them which is data based off of uh our which is data based off of uh our which is data based off of uh our account data our Behavior our interest account data our Behavior our interest account data our Behavior our interest from other websites that have cookies from other websites that have cookies from other websites that have cookies like so many folks don't know this and like so many folks don't know this and like so many folks don't know this and it's allowing them to draw wrong it's allowing them to draw wrong it's allowing them to draw wrong conclusions about how the platforms work conclusions about how the platforms work conclusions about how the platforms work and how they don't and how they don't and how they don't work work work and it I don't think it's and it I don't think it's and it I don't think it's enough to withdraw from these platforms enough to withdraw from these platforms enough to withdraw from these platforms be the free forms because we are the be the free forms because we are the be the free forms because we are the product I think I I don't think that's a product I think I I don't think that's a product I think I I don't think that's a conclusion we should make I think the conclusion we should make I think the conclusion we should make I think the conclusion we should make and and to conclusion we should make and and to conclusion we should make and and to summarize what we're talking about here summarize what we're talking about here summarize what we're talking about here is that at least to be aware of it

is that at least to be aware of it is that at least to be aware of it mindful of it so that going forward we mindful of it so that going forward we mindful of it so that going forward we are operating with this understanding are operating with this understanding are operating with this understanding that like okay there is a transaction that like okay there is a transaction that like okay there is a transaction going on here for me to be on these going on here for me to be on these going on here for me to be on these platforms for free necessitates a platforms for free necessitates a platforms for free necessitates a transaction and just being mindful of transaction and just being mindful of transaction and just being mindful of that really informs how we move through that really informs how we move through that really informs how we move through these platforms how we interact with these platforms how we interact with these platforms how we interact with them how we engage with certain posts them how we engage with certain posts them how we engage with certain posts how what we select when the do you want how what we select when the do you want how what we select when the do you want to accept all cookies pops up like it to accept all cookies pops up like it to accept all cookies pops up like it informs how how we interact with those informs how how we interact with those informs how how we interact with those popups um and and for me at least in The popups um and and for me at least in The popups um and and for me at least in The Last 5 Years like just learning about Last 5 Years like just learning about Last 5 Years like just learning about this stuff and growing growing out of this stuff and growing growing out of this stuff and growing growing out of some some measure of ignorance in some some some measure of ignorance in some some some measure of ignorance in some of these ways uh you know the scriptures of these ways uh you know the scriptures of these ways uh you know the scriptures came to mind like be not ignorant of the came to mind like be not ignorant of the came to mind like be not ignorant of the enemy's devices like like you know like enemy's devices like like you know like enemy's devices like like you know like I'm just becoming a little bit more I'm just becoming a little bit more I'm just becoming a little bit more aware about how these things work online aware about how these things work online aware about how these things work online we're all going through this right now we're all going through this right now we're all going through this right now it has enabled me to make changes in my it has enabled me to make changes in my it has enabled me to make changes in my behavior online that have really proved behavior online that have really proved behavior online that have really proved to be more healthy for me in my personal to be more healthy for me in my personal to be more healthy for me in my personal life and my work life like I'm on the life and my work life like I'm on the life and my work life like I'm on the computer all day for work and it computer all day for work and it computer all day for work and it requires certain measures of digital requires certain measures of digital requires certain measures of digital hygiene to like to be okay when I go hygiene to like to be okay when I go hygiene to like to be okay when I go home you know and yeah just learning a home you know and yeah just learning a home you know and yeah just learning a little bit about about how these things little bit about about how these things little bit about about how these things work has really helped me do that we work has really helped me do that we work has really helped me do that we don't have all the answers for sure don't have all the answers for sure don't have all the answers for sure which is why again none of this is which is why again none of this is which is why again none of this is prescriptive we're still kind of prescriptive we're still kind of prescriptive we're still kind of figuring this out but these three figuring this out but these three figuring this out but these three principles should be useful kind of principles should be useful kind of principles should be useful kind of guideposts out in this Wilderness of guideposts out in this Wilderness of guideposts out in this Wilderness of digital media we'll recap them one more digital media we'll recap them one more digital media we'll recap them one more time number one indiscriminate use of time number one indiscriminate use of time number one indiscriminate use of digital media will be harmful number two digital media will be harmful number two digital media will be harmful number two if you don't make conscious decisions if you don't make conscious decisions if you don't make conscious decisions they will be made for you and number they will be made for you and number they will be made for you and number three if 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