Deleting all social media, best decision ever

It’s disconnecting from the matrix.

This is healthy and I'm glad you did it! I think it's gonna be a "reactionary" trend REALLLLLLY SOON.

I haven't gone that far, but I no longer have the IG app on my phone (or any other "social media") and I check in weekly on the laptop. I only use it to KIT with people around the world and during travel. Never realized how much pressure there was to POST EVERY-FREAKING-THING. And now? I frankly don't care and have even stopped taking pictures of IRL gatherings.

Absolutely liberating.

Congrats!

Edit: Yes, reddit is "social media", but it's not the same imo. Apps like tiktok, FB, IG are all based on "selling yourself out" for the most part... and posting/selling your REAL LIFE. Reddit isn't really made for that or we'd be seeing pics of botox'd teens trying to sell us garbage.

then why is your comment here?

I just did it 6 or 5 days ago idk how to feel ....i sure do feel lighter but it's like friends..forget you

I love this for you. I’m wanting to do it myself but it depends on my getting this whole other job where I don’t need my own accounts to access anything. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

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I just recently went through this, and I do agree that we are coming to a new phase of life where people are starting to actually realize the effects of social media and its consequences for letting it consume our entire lives and personalities.

Idk about you but I’m thankful I grew up in a “normal” environment that didn’t utilize electronics or AI the way we do now (late 90s kid who grew up between the U.S. and Mexico border, life is very different between both countries but the need for attention is the same, at least right now in today’s time). So I’m fucking thankful I got to live life like a normal kid. I loved hanging out with friends at their house, at the park, around school and our neighborhoods, walking down the street to the local convenience store or gas station for some snacks and then talk about our days at school.

You can’t do that shit anymore without feeling like you’re constantly being watched. If I trip and fall people won’t help they’ll just stare and laugh and say, “how embarrassing that person just fell I’ve gotta go tell my followers about this dummy”. Obviously we don’t know if that will always be the case but if you focus on society’s current behavior, we reward the downfall of others. We reward overconsumption and data that we really shouldn’t be exposed to.

I recently recognized that I’ve spent half of my life on social media already and I’m not even 30 yet! I will be next year lol. But I remember when social media was actually fun, now it’s WAYYYY too saturated and there’s too much smoke and mirrors that are making people believe everything they see online to be true.

We shall see what happens to society and things like social media, specifically Instagram/Facebook/Tiktok. Glad to know I’m not the only one feeling this way!

Um, then why are you posting here?