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Removing social media

Have any of you deleted your social media for good? How did it make you feel? Did you feel like you can enjoy life without checking in all the time?
This is the only site I spend any time on. I got rid of Facebook, and never joined Twitter, Snapchat or the others.
@bijouxbroussard Likewise. I was on Yahoo Answers before SW; never on any of the major social media sites.

I read Reddit occasionally, but I've never joined.
Queendragonfly · 31-35, F
Yeah. Not on Facebook, Instagram, Snap Chat, Twitter, Tiktok.

2012 I stopped following the news and I stopped using these social media's.

I stayed on Reddit, Vent and then I recently joined here. When I joined here I stopped using Reddit.

Needless to say I don't need much social platforms. I struggle with severe mental disorders though so it's hard to say whether or not I'm happier without SM since I struggle no matter what I do, but replacing screen time with exercise and being productive and hobbies is definitely a recommendation I think can benefit anyone even us with mental suffers.
DymondHed · 36-40, M
I've never found a reason to delete the accounts. I just stopped using them.
pride49 · 31-35, M
This is the only social interaction I get. Family interaction is pointless.
PersistenceOfMemory · 31-35, F
There is life out there , not a virtual one but a real life !!
MrEagle · 41-45, M
I’ve deleted Twitter. Reset passwords to make it harder to get on FB or instagram and haven’t been on those in three months. This place has replaced some of that, but it is minimal.

Don’t have fear of missing out or anything, but I am perfectly fine being alone in real life. So it’s worked for me.
DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F
I want to one day. The only reason I stay on some sites is because there are people I still talk to but ONLY on those sites. If I deleted, I'd never have contact with them again.
FreestyleArt · 31-35, M
I haven't to any except here and YouTube. Sure I've been on Facebook in the past since 2012 as I stop using it and that's it . It's not the right generation to be on any of them right now.
SW-User
I used EP for about a year once. Chatted to quite a few people, and made connections. But then life moved on. I stopped it when the kids took over.
SunshineGirl · 36-40, F
This is the only social media I have ever used. Wastes enough time as it is, haven't got space in my life for anything else 😅
justlooking2023 · 56-60, M
@SunshineGirl Same here
Only on SW, no other accounts. It's peaceful and serene. Social media is not worth my mental health in the slightest.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Never, I just abandoned accounts and have no idea what happened with them. They were probably deleted after some time.
Ferric67 · M
I feel Great

No social media and no cell phone
I'm in such a better head space relative to most
SW-User
I feel a lot of weight lifted it's a great concept to not be put in the middle of gossip and drama queens
BeJeweled · F
I've left here a few times, left facebook and twitter permanently tho.
val70 · 51-55
Yes, social media is bad. Voodoo can be too and it's also out there. One has free will and not the power to just turn everything to ones like. Life is a struggle so this here is an outlet. Only that
serendipitydoodah · 46-50, F
There's more than one social media site.
Some I'm still using, some I stopped using years ago.
They were just apps.
Casheyane · 31-35, F
We should be able to. However, these days it becomes some sort of hobby and way to pass time for me.
Arorin · M
Right now i dont have an emotional attachment to social media i don't have a lot of friends or family anyway.
I'm on an SM clock: so many minutes per day. Rn, I'm failing, but in one sense I'm better: NO FB, X, SC or TT!
I don't have tiktok, Instagram, Twitter and deactivated fb couple of years ago.
TheBatQueen · 26-30, F
Well I tried Instagram for a while, didn't like it deleted it.
Didn't feel like anything
Jeephikelove · 51-55, F
I deleted Twitter back in summer 2020, felt good it was pretty toxic at that time.
Convivial · 26-30, F
Never did to FB or others.. It's kind of ironic though posting that here😝
TurnMeLoose · 51-55, M
I permanently deleted Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok and youtube channels!
I was not able to delete my Facebook account. I had to alter it to hide me.
SW-User
Facebook & Twitter are gone. Others, abandoned.

Phewww... !
meJess · F
Faceplant, instant twit, snapped, and wind up. It’s in the name.
tindrummer · M
wouldn't be reading this if I had -
and don't intend to 🤓
PhilDeep · 51-55, M
I don't have any except this. Who'd be mad enough to?
carpediem · 61-69, M
Uhhhh... THIS is social media. Or am I wrong?
Emjay · 18-21, F
I only use SW and sometimes Pinterest.
I’m only here. What’s that say about me?
originnone · 61-69, M
Isn't this social media?
SW-User
Well, I only use similar worlds.
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pride49 · 31-35, M
@jshm2 ha I know you from your arrogant tag
SW-User
Less worries for sure
I've had periods where I dont access it and it feels nice
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
I've not completely removed Facebook because one of my social groups coordinates through messenger. But I have stopped posting to or reading from the feed years ago.
DDonde · 31-35, M
This is my social media.
iamonfire696 · 41-45, F
I am only active here
pianoplayingsteve · 31-35, M
One of the best pieces of advice is ‘compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not who someone else is today’. Scrolling through your friends’ social media is the opposite to that. You don’t need to see their meals, holidays and crappy virtue signalling

 
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