The Importance of Digital Hygiene

You might not own the platforms, but you can control your feeds.

Last week, I received an Instagram DM. After venting about a recent article I published on Zach Bush, the sender—an avatar with an invented handle and a private account—concluded, “You’re the biggest piece of shit I’ve seen in a very long time.”

At least this was a DM. Often, such messages—almost always anonymous and/or private accounts, regardless of pl…