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I got forwarded screenshots from all these worried people wondering where the fuck I went. Some of them thought I blocked them or something
Like no, I just got incredibly sick of being exposed to that level of banality
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> To protect my mental wellbeing, I find that carefully selecting who to follow on some of these services improves considerably my experience. For Instagram and Twitter, my rule of thumb This. These services aren't toxic if you don't follow toxic accounts. Also, I didn't think much about it in the past but now that I split my time between 3 countries and 2 continents, having FB (messenger) is the best way to keep in…
>This. These services aren't toxic if you don't follow toxic accounts. Your ability to moderate your usage of these services doesn’t make them not toxic. Your statement is victim blaming. These services are still major proprietors of surveillance capitalism. They sell your future behavior to the highest bidder. This is toxic in itself. Beyond which, your participation in these services is a signal to those who trust…
Really? You're going to equate this to crimes someone perpetuates against another?
For weeks I've seen posts blaming Ukraine for being invaded and having genocide committed against them. That's victim blaming.
Social media users aren't victims of anything except their own inability to limit and moderate usage. Back in the day people would sit in front of the TV, now it's just a different screen. That's on them. Many people also use social media constructively; to do things like run their business, keep in touch with friends and family, etc...
Most people don't need to delete their accounts. I have a tasty bottle of rather expensive whiskey on the bar in my basement right now. Luxury consumables are a good gift, I guess. I don't want to drink it right now because I have things to do requiring sobriety, its a bit early in the day for that sort of thing, etc. I got my reasons, none of them terribly interesting. If I don't want to drink it for various reasons…
For the only moderately addicted social media user, the cost of recreating your accounts might actually be greater than abstaining.
And all it would take is a small burst of motivation caused by finding a website that 1. causes self-reflection towards one's use of social media and 2. reduces the cost of deleting your accounts.
Point being, pouring the alcohol down the drain increases the cost of further addiction and increases the likelihood of prolonged abstinence.
But when I follow people (where possible, e.g. twitter) I only follow people that are interesting or have a completely different worldview than me.
I don't want to live in a bubble and I don't need to hear my own opinion, I know it anyway.
Most people don't need to delete their accounts. I have a tasty bottle of rather expensive whiskey on the bar in my basement right now. Luxury consumables are a good gift, I guess. I don't want to drink it right now because I have things to do requiring sobriety, its a bit early in the day for that sort of thing, etc. I got my reasons, none of them terribly interesting. If I don't want to drink it for various reasons…
What a bizarre take. You should continue to volunteer your personal information to an ad-tech behemoth… in order to prove you’re not an addict?
It would be a truly messed up world if that was the case
I still partake in social media though just accounts not tied to my name.
I want to delete my FB account but it has all of my old pictures/videos from childhood. I closed it for now, made another one just for family.
The main reason I abandoned my main FB account is too many people that were asking me for money found me and I stupidly accepted their friend requests.
I spend most of my time alone though so social media still has a place for me.
One thing to watch out for, is that on some platforms (those that are not doing correct email account ownership verification) account might get recreated either by accident or not, by a person using your email address. I think it is better just to remove as much personal data as possible, cleanup account and leave it with updated, more secure password.
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My generation doesn’t use emails basically. I changed emails quite a lot through my younger years as did my friends so it wouldn’t have been useful. We used to ask for people’s facebook shortly after meeting them. It’s the best tool to create and maintain your social graph. I understand that not everybody use it this way, and that’s fine, but if you do please think about that. It’s really heart breaking how I lost co…
Locating and contacting old friends is entirely within your means in 2022. What is most striking to me as someone in my early thirties is how much learned helplessness is associated with these communication technologies that supposedly enhance our capabilities. Facebook makes it easy to curate the appearance of friendship, but meaningful relationships take time and effort in the real world to maintain. People have tr…
I've found myself between deleting, deactivating, and moderating my use of these apps for many years of my life. I never found deleting or deactivating to be very helpful. At some time or another you're going to need said account for something. While deleting is a bit extreme, some of these services will respect the actual deletion and others will not. I suppose the question at the end of the day is...why bother? I'v…
you don’t actually need the accounts for anything, I deleted all of mine and felt the same way at first… but 3 years in and I have zero doubts that i’m better off without them, should have done it sooner
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>This. These services aren't toxic if you don't follow toxic accounts. Your ability to moderate your usage of these services doesn’t make them not toxic. Your statement is victim blaming. These services are still major proprietors of surveillance capitalism. They sell your future behavior to the highest bidder. This is toxic in itself. Beyond which, your participation in these services is a signal to those who trust…
> Your statement is victim blaming. Really? You're going to equate this to crimes someone perpetuates against another? For weeks I've seen posts blaming Ukraine for being invaded and having genocide committed against them. That's victim blaming. Social media users aren't victims of anything except their own inability to limit and moderate usage. Back in the day people would sit in front of the TV, now it's just a dif…
Have a feeling you’d get a long with the Sackler family famously. Christ.