seby wrote: Thu Mar 06, 2025 6:44 am
Shananiganz wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:42 pm
Wood Goblin wrote: Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:09 pm
Dumped it a couple months ago to zero regrets. I *think* I also deleted my Instagram account, but it’s tough to confirm. Hadn’t used it at all in a good decade. My only “live” social media account is a LinkedIn page I haven’t updated in five or six years.
What a waste of time, energy, and money social media turned out to be.
I dumped LinkedIn as well, did me a world of good. I was somewhat active there, though.
I'm trying to get rid of WhatsApp and such, but that's a hard thing to do, for some reason.
I have a good time on social media, but I am pretty ruthless with the unfollow function and shutting down stuff I don’t like. It’s all cute animals and recording gear on insta, and dorky friends on Facebook. LinkedIn has loosened up a lot since Twitter took its most recent dive.
I liked Instagram and LinkedIn (in some capacity) but both of them made me feel inadequate and I don't want to give anything to Meta (although I share my most intimate stuff on WA, so there goes that noble idea).
I hoped leaving social media would some how make feel better, but it did fuck all. Maybe it's because I have zero social life in meatspace. So, that's a thing to consider.