Anyone else burned out on social media???

I barely post on Facebook at all, I joined way back in 2008 when you weren't required to submit a photo of yourself to join and even when I needed a photo to join a group I didn't bother taking a pic of myself, i just used a pic of a random movie I own.

I never really had any friends on social media so I pretty much just get news on there, I check in on a few people here and there but not too often so i'm grateful I don't have a lot of friends.

I did locked my Twitter account and I don't regret it. I don't think that site is healthy for anyone's mental health. People are telling me to promote my work on TikTok but I hear nothing but bad things from that site, so I doubt I will ever join. I still do post on Instagram and rarely on Tumblr. I use facebook mostly for their fandom groups.

I really hate how a lot of social media is just drama. And I feel like the platform (especially Twitter) would promote drama, politics, and hot topic issues just to piss people off. People feel entitled to put in their "two cents" and it just turns into more fighting. I feel like we need more awareness about the negative effect of social media on people, including older people (boomers).

That's one reason why i don't have a smartphone, I much prefer using a desktop PC for that sort of thing.

My twitter has been gone for years, and I would think constantly being barraged by never-ending political fights would get tiring too. I know drama is what sells, and people are entitled for their opinion, but it's so tiring when people keep talking over each other anyway. Like no productive conversations even happen in the end, no one is any better off than before the fight. And it's so easy to be pessimistic about people too, and the world, when it's all sensationalized doom and gloom all the time. Can make one into a pretty nasty and cynical person if I'm too be honest. I have to watch myself too!

Never bothered with Tiktok, since I already have Instagram and Reels exists. I get bored of Reels "real" quickly anyway. I never upload anything so mine is mostly just travel or nerd stuff. Tiktok just feels like another fad time waster to me.

I do have Tumblr, I don't regularly post there, but it's all fan content anyway. Drama exists there of course but I feel it is more "muted" compared to other sites, unless I just lucked out with my feed. 

And agreed, we need to have wider conservations around long term social media use and its ability to cause major harm, especially among the very young and very old. 

Yeah, Reddit is a tough one because you CAN find very productive discussions there, educational content, actual world news, experts being experts, different experiences, helpful people, cool hobby stuff, etc. On the other hand, you can find endless echo chambers, downvoting/banning of the most SLIGHT differences of opinion, outright stereotyping entire groups of people and neverending strawmanning, groupthink, etc. It's always helpful to keep in mind that 1% (if not fewer) of the entire US population is on it, so you don't need to fear our whole population is ACTUALLY like that. Because they're aren't-that may be where your experiences come in, since Reddit tends to skew upper class and white (though that may be because the site is English dominated). And don't forget trolls, tankies, basement dwellers, etc. mucking up the works.

I don't like Quora much either-you can get the occasional valuable answer, but I hate the format. I find it awkward and now you have to like subscribe to it to use it? UGH.

And I feel you-I'm trying to go back to like 2008 when I just had the right amount of computer time for a few hours a day. Instagram/Threads (I put both together) is 1 of only 3 social media apps (one of those I also use for work) I currently even have on my phone-I deleted everything else. I actually feel a decent amount of withdrawal when I'm away from my phone, and I find it hard to pay attention and enjoy "quiet moments" like I used to and I don't like that.

Yeah Reddit's main demographic seems to be white males and Americans. Ironically I've seen anti-American comments from well... Americans themselves. On a thread asking about thrifting in Korea someone refer to American Goodwills as "garbage-tier fat-people goodwill clothing." I mean technically they aren't wrong about the quality selection (last time I went there were so many Shien clothing) but the weight comment, really?

I removed accounts for useless websites that i made. Don't regret deleting them at all, they had nothing special.