Contemplating getting off of social media

i was never on face book

i saw it for what it was years before all the shit about it came out and was called a paranoid lunatic

I just disabled my facebook account couple weeks ago. I haven't really been using it for years though, checking in like twice a year to respond to messages from relatives which have been sent months before.

Taking an actual break from social media can be extremely beneficial, I've never been that addicted but I see many people around building their entire empire of self esteem on the foundation of their online reputation. I'm not a boomer, also I recognize how quickly the attachment grows to the attention it grants, but it's a very unhealthy sort of reward as you'll always be caught in the loop of dependency.

I'd recommend to take a break and see how it goes, there are better ways to feel like a healthy individual, good luck fellow.

Do it. I left Facebook in May and have no regrets. I don’t miss the constant political fights, everyone (on both sides) getting offended over increasingly frivolous things and exaggerated life updates from people I don’t care about.

It will feel weird at first not having an instant time filler and being a little slow on the meme uptake but I didn’t realise social media was a chore until I stopped doing it.

Facebook literally runs social tests. One example is providing you with “sad” advertising or making anything negative come up in the algorithm more often to then examine whether it’s effected you based on your activity.

Shits fucked up. If people want to get in contact with you, they’ll find a way. Fuck that “keeping in touch” shit.

I deleted all my social media accounts 4 years ago because I don’t see the point in them. Believe me, you’ll live without it. But you can just take a temporary break from it then you can just go back whenever you feel like it.

Word to everything that’s already been said. To Me it just seems like a vacuum of boring and needy people. But it’s useful for them because it gives them that (false) sense of self importance that they crave... I’ve never been big on false bravado or had a desire to know exactly what everybody in the world is eating for lunch. Self consumption

It's worth it hon. Started talking to strangers in the park and it's more fun. Hope you get away from all that buzz haha

Do it. I got off facebook probs about a year ago. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I'm 23 btw, so I do understand how important social media is to young people.

Yeah, I stay off of facebook and everything else.

I almost never use social media. I am on Facebook and Linkedin; and only check in occasionally to see messages.

Facebook is over rated. Just use it for the animal groups tbh. Lots of cute photos and ugly ones you can learn from. Suvh as ear infections strange bowel movements etc. Gross but educational and one can never be to educated when it comes to taking care of the furballs

Social media is like meth. It only affects you if you let it affect you.

I was never a big Facebook user, but it's now been years since I posted or commented.

And, yeah, this is a weird, sorta-social media site, but as daft as some of the questions and responses can be, it doesn't have the self-reinforcing toxic negativity that's seen in real social media.

I want to do this also sometimes. I've deactivated Facebook before and only used Messenger and it was really nice but a reason to use Facebook always shows up and then you're back at it again. It's hard to break loose entirely when the world is so social media based but not impossible.

Typically when I take a break from social media I feel a bit better.

Facebook and social media are just boring. How do people get hooked?