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Reasons to Quit Social Media

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Re: Reasons to Quit Social Media

#3

I don't want to quit social media What I want is for interactions with other people in online social spaces to be less destructive.

"I don't want to stop using drugs, I just want drugs that are not going to harm me while I use them"

Unfortunately, social media by its nature is going to be harmful. It was never designed to consider the world we live in now.

Re: Reasons to Quit Social Media

#4

I don't want to quit social media What I want is for interactions with other people in online social spaces to be less destructive.

"I don't want to stop using drugs, I just want drugs that are not going to harm me while I use them" Unfortunately, social media by its nature is going to be harmful. It was never designed to consider the world we live in now.

What you're looking for are the illegal drugs

Re: Reasons to Quit Social Media

#6
Once the current regime let us go back to church, I deleted my Facebook. It's much better at church. Firstly, they feed me. Secondly, I can say what I think without being censored.

It's not even that people all agree with me at church. It's that they treat you like a human being. Those who are unvaxxed are just some guy down the street, not someone who we are supposed to target in our hour of hate and wish death upon as the more uncivilized amongst the internet regularly do.

I feel sorry for those who have to substitute something so vile for something so wholesome.

Re: Reasons to Quit Social Media

#10
I don't have(and never have had) any social media accounts...ie facebook, twitter, instagram, tiktok, etc. The closest would be an HN account.

That said, could someone tell me what I might be missing? Ignorance is bliss, but it's also ignorance - is there any critical information or happiness that everyone else [who uses social media] enjoys that I do not?

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