'It's so liberating': The people quitting social media

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Post by bishopsmother » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 8:59 AM UTC

'It's so liberating': The people quitting social media
bbc.com

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Post by raydiatian » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:02 AM UTC

Social media is one great big psy-op. Best to not be a part of it at all.

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Post by groffee » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:08 AM UTC

> A week later she posted on Facebook and Instagram that she would be leaving the platforms.

And now we're reading about her on BBC News. These people need to stop talking and actually get offline.

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Post by snowram » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:12 AM UTC

groffee wrote: post #3

> A week later she posted on Facebook and Instagram that she would be leaving the platforms. And now we're reading about her on BBC News. These people need to stop talking and actually get offline.

It would make a nice Onion article : "I freed myself from social networks" says man on Twitter.

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:12 AM UTC

groffee wrote: post #3

> A week later she posted on Facebook and Instagram that she would be leaving the platforms. And now we're reading about her on BBC News. These people need to stop talking and actually get offline.

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Post by recuter » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:14 AM UTC

groffee wrote: post #3

> A week later she posted on Facebook and Instagram that she would be leaving the platforms. And now we're reading about her on BBC News. These people need to stop talking and actually get offline.

But what would the BBC write about in that case?

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Post by foghawk » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:15 AM UTC

raydiatian wrote: post #2

Social media is one great big psy-op. Best to not be a part of it at all.

True that. Forums like HN are just about tolerable but at least the underlying agenda is transparent.

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Post by andirk » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:18 AM UTC

Why not just use the various social media outlets less? Is this an addiction? Because people talk about it like it is.

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Post by hnplj » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:18 AM UTC

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Post by maxbond » Mon, Nov 07, 2022, 9:19 AM UTC

snowram wrote: post #4

groffee wrote: post #3

> A week later she posted on Facebook and Instagram that she would be leaving the platforms. And now we're reading about her on BBC News. These people need to stop talking and actually get offline.

It would make a nice Onion article : "I freed myself from social networks" says man on Twitter.

College Humor beat them to it https://youtu.be/md4kM9AKjHs