Anyone else burned out on social media???

I only use Discord, YouTube and a couple of forums like this place. It's been very hopeful for me.

Same, but replace Discord with the very rare(as in, a 1/500,000 chance) visit on Reddit.

Honestly I have moments where I question if I should just abandon all of my accounts on various websites & just never be seen again, becoming nothing more than just some udder rando online & still be some rando in real life. I know that would mean that various subjects that would otherwise not be talked about around here(like Atari & Commodore games), but still. I think I might need to get back to just focusing on my YouTube channel for a little while because at least over there I was happy with what I was doing & was lucky to get 50 viewers on a video.

At this point in my life, I rather have a small circle of close friends to go out and do things together more frequently than to ever try to become "popular" online.

I do have some friends, but we don't get to hang out often because we live in a city that is very spread out. So much urban sprawl.

Yeah that's one of the sad things about life here in the Southeast USA. Driving is a must but also a PAIN, and there's so few places to walk freely and gather compared to overseas. Traffic SUCKS, you have to revolve your entire life around it, and it's getting to be worse and worse every year to the point that new infrastructure being built barely makes a dent. I can remember cafes, theme restaurants, malls, libraries, etc. all within walking distance of where I lived abroad. Meanwhile, it feels like such an endeavor sometimes to just go hang out anywhere here.

There has been something of a trend toward more walkable communities, and I even got to live in one at a time, but unfortunately, it's also SUPER competitive. College towns can sometimes work out better, but again, COMPETITION.
And even then, the college towns feel so much SMALLER and more limited compared to overseas, unless said college is in a big city.

Good for you on finding that circle of friends and making time to hang out regardless. I have read a recent article on more people ditching dating apps to try to "organically" meet people, which hopefully works out considering the lack of third spaces these days (at least ones that aren't prohibitively expensive). Since "bars" feel like the main hobby in a lot of places and good lord, is that NOT my jam. UGH. 

Your relatives know which websites you post on? My parents don't know which sites i'm on and I like to keep it that way.

For me, some parts of social media can really trigger my sensitive eyes/ears in ways not good. For example, crap like Lankybox(link goes to The Beak talking about that LB's various warcrimes) would constantly flash a whole lot of images onscreen in absurdly bright colors as a way to get the attention of little kids, but I HATE THAT. I hate it whenever something like that happens because my eyes are sensitive to that crap. I could very well be epileptic, which could be a good reason as to why I can't handle such fast-paced flashy brainrot. Similar atrocities include Max Design Pro, which outright have shorts where FOUR SHORTS PLAY ALL AT ONCE.
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I also have sensitive ears, so some unexpected ear destruction is VERY unwelcome. Sure, I can perhaps find some fun in listening to music that's loud ENOUGH, but too loud & it can result in me noping out.