Quitting social media

[DanOregon]

I've recently started following people I know on Twitter - previously just followed news sites. I'm amazed at what people put "out there" for public consumption on Facebook and Twitter. Really personal stuff that I would want to keep only people I truly knew and would be comfortable telling them in person. Maybe it's my time in newspapers that I have greater respect for what I put out there. My general rule is don't post anything you can't defend in an A1 story on the NYT, or in a future Senate confirmation hearing (if it ever happens).

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I just looked at my Facebook page. For a while I had Instagram set up so posts were also sent to Facebook. Outside of those, I have made exactly one post on Facebook in the past two years. I used to pretty much live on there.

Don’t understand people who post personal stuff on Twitter. My son has a friend who constantly posts whiny, angry complaints about him girlfriend. Dude is in his mid 20s. Not a good look. I don’t think I’ve ever put one iota of my personal life on Twitter.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

I left Facebook for about a year over their stated policy of allowing false politically advertising. And because I grew up with many, many who turned out to be deep in to conspiracy theories.

Went back after the election was settled, mostly for family and close friends stuff.

I didn’t miss it when I was off. And barely go there now.

Twitter is mostly for work, breaking news and some funny stuff. But it’s a damn cesspool. I could definitely see quitting if it’s not a work tool.

IG is all pets and fun stuff for me. No politics allowed.

 

[DanOregon]

The crazy thing with Twitter is I can see people putting stuff out there to their followers, but when those followers retweet stuff, your business is out there to everyone.
I do think social media is great to keep track of distant friends. Just found out an old colleague of mine was named his local chapter's "Big Brother of the Year" - the video had me tearing up. Have another friend who helps foster rescue greyhounds and posts about them. Nice to know there is good in the world.

 

[User 149557]

This is the final online presence I have. Cut the cord on Twitter and Facebook two years ago. Left two other message boards I contributed to. Once I tell everybody off here in a fit of fake rage, I’ll be blissfully free. I’ve already got my old person flip phone picked out and once I ditch this iPhone once and for all here soon I’m going to live the 1992 lifestyle.

I cannot wait.

 

[goalmouth]

DO NOT CONGRATULATE

 

[qtlaw]

I gave up Twitter about 2 yrs ago. It was cool to see what people I was interested in saying but it became info overload. I don't do anything other than keep my LinkedIN account active so business wise I don't look like a total clown.

 

[OscarMadison]

I finally figured out how to wipe off the newsfeeds on my MSN startup page. Once upon a time, it was a nice conduit to interesting stories. Then it was all Trump all the time. There's still too much Trump and the stories are truncated bullet-pointed cheat sheets, so I womaned up and tinkered with it until now it's my most-used links and a pretty picture from Bing.

Twitter is for keeping up with friends, vegan stuff, Anglican stuff, and science. I made some friends in Italy at the beginning of the pandemic. We share music, movies, books, and they have two cats who are living la vida Pinky and the Brain. I will welcome my feline overlords when they finally succeed.

Facebook is friends, pets, Anglican stuff, art, vegan stuff, movies, and music.

I have my own website that I natter on. I think there are five people who consistently read what I have to say about sports bras for nine-year-olds, art supplies, and mental health.

I have accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Pinterest. They're all horribly out of date. Unless Boston Dynamics has made a new cute video, I really can't be bothered with tech.

 

[WriteThinking]

I gave up Twitter about 2 yrs ago. It was cool to see what people I was interested in saying but it became info overload. I don't do anything other than keep my LinkedIN account active so business wise I don't look like a total clown.

This is what I found. I still have my Twitter account, but I never look at it anymore (and should just get rid of it). Ditto my LinkedIn account, which hasn't been updated since I opened it. I use Facebook just because it is a good, easy way to stay in touch with family, friends and acquaintances whom I don't usually see otherwise, and also because there are several very helpful and informative closed, associate-driven Walmart pages that I participate in in order to find out about things, ask questions, get feedback, and just keep connected with my work place on a large scale.

Other than that, the only place you'll still see me regularly is here. And, occasionally, I still check in at ObesityHelp, a wealth of information and a source of community for those who have undergone weight-loss surgery, or who are just fighting weight issues otherwise.

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

My sister is tagging me in her WHY IS DR. SEUSS GETTING CANCELED screeds and my wife is responding to her, so deleting all social media apps sounds pretty good to me at the moment.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

My sister is tagging me in her WHY IS DR. SEUSS GETTING CANCELED screeds and my wife is responding to her, so deleting all social media apps sounds pretty good to me at the moment.

I am Sam. I am Sam. Sam-I-Am.

That Sam-I-Am! That Sam-I-Am! I do not like that Sam-I-Am!

Do you like green eggs and ham?

I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
I do not like green eggs and ham.

Would you like them here or there?

I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.

 

[Scout]

My sister is tagging me in her WHY IS DR. SEUSS GETTING CANCELED screeds and my wife is responding to her, so deleting all social media apps sounds pretty good to me at the moment.

I feel bad that Disney was cancelled over Song of the South. Did they ever recover?

 

[BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo]

I feel bad that Disney was cancelled over Song of the South. Did they ever recover?

Nope. Parks had to close and everything.