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Life after mainstream social media (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by marin@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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Recently, I decided to delete Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok from my phone. It was a conscious choice I had to make after experiencing an anxious meltdown last week. Reddit wasn't any better for me, and we all know where that place is headed. I haven't deleted my accounts yet, but prioritizing the loss of easy access to those sites was important.

As usual, I feel better now. A lot of the content on those platforms brings me hateful and unpleasant feelings. It's addicting, like a mess you just can't seem to take your eyes off of. I had to be honest with myself and accept the truth that profit-driven social media has a net-negative impact on my life.

I'm glad I'm here now. I'll never stop repeating this until it becomes untrue (hopefully not), but I enjoy being here. I don't see this place as an alternative to anywhere else. It's helping me break the habit of skipping long paragraphs of text and only relying on article titles at face value. The nuance present in several discussions feels more human.

Anyway, enough about me. How have your experiences been with other social media platforms? How do they compare to Beehaw?

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[–] plactagonic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I made FB account after some group wanted to post there, never used it much. Now I use Messenger sometimes but not too much. Reddit was only thing that I used more, it is more anonymous and still you can be sure to read people generated content which isn't suggested by algorithm.

I am happy that most people which I need to contact use email, it is best thing to contact people - literally everyone has one.