Anyone else quit social media for good?

Bluebell91

I’m on FB, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and Whatsapp. Recently, I’ve noticed how my life seems to be dictated by these websites. It can affect things like how much makeup I wear on a night out, what I wear, what my job title is on FB...it’s like a never ending secondary school where everyone competes with everyone else...and I hated secondary school. I seem to be unfollowing everyone lately because FB is full of ****e..and a big time waster.

I’ve quit twice in my life for a month swearing that I won’t fall into bad habits once I go back on social media but I always do. I should mention that I’ve always suffered from low self esteem and have long term mental health issues.

I wonder is it better to just quit social media altogether? It’s almost as bad as admitting to being a non drinker in Ireland nowadays. I’m sick of the milenial culture, the blogger culture, the PC culture and I just want out....and I’m 27. Has anyone here ever quit social media and stayed off it? Good or bad decision? Regrets? Judgements? Sanity?

joey1111

Bluebell91 wrote: »

I’m on FB, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter and Whatsapp. Recently, I’ve noticed how my life seems to be dictated by these websites. It can affect things like how much makeup I wear on a night out, what I wear, what my job title is on FB...it’s like a never ending secondary school where everyone competes with everyone else...and I hated secondary school. I seem to be unfollowing everyone lately because FB is full of ****e..and a big time waster.

I’ve quit twice in my life for a month swearing that I won’t fall into bad habits once I go back on social media but I always do. I should mention that I’ve always suffered from low self esteem and have long term mental health issues.

I wonder is it better to just quit social media altogether? It’s almost as bad as admitting to being a non drinker in Ireland nowadays. I’m sick of the milenial culture, the blogger culture, the PC culture and I just want out....and I’m 27. Has anyone here ever quit social media and stayed off it? Good or bad decision? Regrets? Judgements? Sanity?

FB is just a fake website where most people especially youngsters puts up a front, you're better off unfollowing or getting off it if you can. The other side of it is just advertising anyway.

Whats App can be handy to have on occasion if you're belonging to a group for your hobbies or classes but if you only use it with friends who are boasting then get off that too.

I never went on Twitter or Instagram or Snapchat and never will.

I only use FB these days for keeping in touch with friends outside of Dublin. I have unfollowed or deleted anyone who just brags or doesnt make contact/respond to me.

Mutant z

Fair play to you i have no time for any of those social media sites don't let anyone decide what is cool you can decide for yourself i stopped caring about what people think I should or shouldn't be doing ages ago and i feel much better because of it.

miamee

I can understand how it can all become a bit overwhelming alright, facebook in particular. One thing I have done to reduce the 'noise' is to remove the FB app from my phone. I only use m.facebook.com - so there are no notifications to my phone, I'm not checking it every time someone does something vaguely related to me that Facebook thinks I need to know about. If you can't (or don't want to) go cold turkey, why not unfollow or hide the biggest offenders, change your notification settings to be less often or for less things and maybe log out once in a while to take a break from it all?

La_Gordy

I did the same and removed the FB app from ma phone. I've no interest in the many people who post constantly about mundane life chores. That said, the messenger app has allowed me to stay in touch wi many people that I wouldn't be in touch with so easily, so I am hesitant to get rid of that.

Tenigate

I think you're conflating social media (likes and shares, posts, stories, memes) with messaging.

I've gotten better at ignoring the social media aspect of it, while still having whatsapp and facebook messenger installed to use the messaging features. There's a bit of overlap, like when friends post memes and other nonsense to group chats. I generally mute these type of convos.

It's still nice having a facebook presence to connect with new people and catch up with older friends. Just make sure to turn push notifications off on social media apps.