Giving Up Social Media

2024-07-18

In one of his recents posts, Kev asks if we could give up on social media

I have a love hate relationship with social media. In some respects it’s great, but in others it’s a nightmare. I’m wondering if I could give up social media entirely… (Kev)

Short answer is: Last week, I created a draft for an upcoming blog post that I am about to delete my LinkedIn profile and with that the last social media account that I still have.

I used Facebook the last time about ten years ago and finally deleted the account last year.

Instagram, I had. Deleted the account when they added too much advertising for my taste into the app. Probably around 2018/19. I created a new account during Corona - but quickly realized that it’s too much bling-bling for me. Last year, I also deleted this account again.

I used Twitter a lot. It was my favorite network. But since it became X, the balance on my timeline shifted massively towards the negative, aggressive topics. The „oh, this is nice and interesting" tweets became rare. Divorce was harder than with Meta. First, I moved the app icon to the second home screen on my phone and started using it less. Then I deleted the app and only allowed myself to use it via the browser. it took at least another six months until I deleted the account.

I think that’s about it. I am too old for all the fancy newer networks and thus didn’t too much to delete.

Being honest, I still have the Mastodon Account but I barely use it. In the beginning, I felt that I didn’t get the same cool stuff that I got from Twitter. These days, I am just used to not being among the firsts to know about a specific topic. Instead, I read more than 100 blogs via RSS and am more than happy with it.

So yes - I can totally give up on Social Media 🙂