Over the past few years I have gradually gotten rid of my social media accounts/presence.

First got rid of ******** around 3 years ago. What an absolute hole that platform is. Just full of moany kunts and middle aged people trying to phuck each other. Literally adds no value to anyone's life apart from moany kunts and middle aged people.

Never had Twitter, never understood the appeal and what it's actually for. Whenever I've seen my friends Twitter pages, it's usually just them ranting about sports games 20x a day. The funny thing is no one else replies or "likes" what they tweet - what the hell is the point in it? They're literally just ranting to a computer (who also doesn't listen).

Instagram - got rid of this a few months ago. Only really used to use it to check out HBB's. Now it's just full of beggy kunts craving attention from everything and everyone.

LinkedIn is the only platform I use for my job and business. Even that is getting painful to deal with. All of the middle aged kunts from ******** have started posting their drivel on LinkedIn and it's turning into ******** 2.0. If it wasn't for work/business, I'd delete that chit too.

My mental health is so much better after ditching social media. No longer feel like I am comparing myself to others. Don't waste time scrolling through absolute horsechit pointless posts. Feel a smug sense of anonymity as I don't broadcast my life like everyone else.

You should ban yourselves from if for a month and see what positive impact it has on your life. It's a cancer on society and I'll put good money on studies coming out in the future highlighting how dangerous it is for kids etc.

just whats app for family and friends, nothing else,

Never had it to begin with crew.

I ditched all personal social media. I still do business though. I am not on ******** at all though. ******** sucks.

I use WhatsApp but not sure I'd class it as social media. It's very convenient for messaging friends/family.

I do have boundaries with my phone though. If someone is messaging me and I'm too tired to reply or just don't feel like it, I'll leave it until I can be bothered.

Humans aren't built to be in constant contact with one another. We need our downtime.

I ain’t reading that novel OP but yeah I deleted it

No regrets, never want it back

Twitter is decent (degeneracy aside). Never even login to ********.

WhatsApp for texting Apple users so that videos and photos are not compressed. Also allows video chat and audio chat.

Never had one except misc.

Ded fukin srs.

Never had any of it nor do I have internet on my phone and I typically leave my phone in the car. Women will ask for my instagram and I explain I don't partake and to send me a text with their name.

Why would you want to meet someone in real life and then get relegated to social media?

Real relationships, with real people, in real life.

Good going. No internet on phone is a bold move. Not sure I could do that, although may give it a try!

it's all so unnecessary and just eats up your time. absolutely no benefit. you get totally disconnected from reality. even more cringe when social media becomes apart of your routine.

Never had it - have never even had a ******** account. Best decision I've ever made.

You guys SERIOUSLY need to get off that chit, it's waaaaaay more damaging than Pr0n.

You also should not be dating girls who have any kind of a social media presence, if they have a private Instagram MAYBE you can take them seriously if they really prove themselves, but if they have a public Instagram account, DO NOT take them seriously, they are for sex only.

Social media literally changes the way your mind works, it screws up your dopamine receptors, there are PLENTY of studies on the correlation between social media usage and depression, feeling inadequate, feelings of missing out, risk taking behavior, anti-social behavior, etc. This last part is speculation, but I would bet BIG MONEY on there being a correlation between social media usage and being a general loser in life - financially unsuccessful, socially unsuccessful, no career growth, personal growth, maturity etc.

I know a ton of a successful people (other millionaires men & women) and NONE of them take social media seriously, they are too busy developing / growing in their lives / careers, those who do have an Instagram use it to document their travels, cooking meals, relationship milestones etc since the majority of them are Indian / Chinese and have International friends / family....although I'd still argue to them they should just create a large Text Group is send out their updates there....or by e-mail. Social Media is ONLY to project a fake life, it serves NO FUNCTION that a million other PRIVATE communication platforms can't perform....except one.....the ability to PUBICLY "show off"

The only reason for a successful person to have a social media presence......is if they are selling crap products to the absolute idiots who use social media. Social media marketing is super powerful, because the people who use social media are a self-selected group of lower-IQ people who are the most easily manipulated and susceptible to brainwashing to begin with.

why do you feel the need to capitalize key words? srs. seem condescending to the who ever is reading it. like you're trying to get your point across to 5 year olds.

No social media crew

100% agreed.

Not so sure about being a loser in life. Plenty of super successful people use it - Elon Musk being one of them. But I guess he only started using it after making his billions so could be some weight to that.

Got rid of ******** around 2012 - got tired of people posting pictures of what they were eating. Never had Twitter or Instagram.

Had LinkedIn but got tired of co-workers glorifying their job with catchy buzzwords. Deleted it around 2016.

Misc is all I have until this place shuts down.

Signed up for Reddit this year since every link to Reddit on the Russia-Ukraine Misc thread requires you to have an account to see war footage. Aside from that Reddit seems pretty useless.

I had a myspace once... after everybody was jumping on ******** it seemed boring in comparison. Never made a social media account afterwards, my friends mostly stayed off and my wife just posts pictures of her food on instagram. My life seems fine without it, I never had a reason to get one and some people seem obsessed with it so I have no reason to do that to myself.

This is another reason to communicate with people in real life. It's easy for someone to read something and take offense when the person writing it didn't mean it in that way. Communication is not only about words, it's also about body language, tone, and eye contact. All of which are lacking on social media.

Instagram is good

Got rid of ******** 5 years ago

Never got into TikTok

LinkedIn got me 3 jobs but it's the most cringe social media platform by far

Agree with the comment about LinkedIn.

"Success doesn't come to you, you have to work for it!

5 years ago I was a heroin addict with herpes. I managed to turn my life around and now I'm a successful investment banker with herpes"

Legit full of posts like that with people airing all their dirty laundry and condescendingly talking down to other people who they don't perceive as doing as well as they are.

Out of interest what do you use Instagram for?

How so?

This (Ded fkn Srs)

Haven't posted in 3 years now.

I use it to creep and dm girls.

Also a big fan of meme pages

I fuking like Instagram it's a personal choice

I enjoy meme pages, seeing my friends/family post pictures, and I use it to creep girls and dm them

Also sometimes if you post a story girls will message you

But mostly memes srs.. some of the finance meme pages are really good like trustfundterry and litquidity

Fair point. I used it for the same reason years ago but been in a relationship for a few years now.

MISC only crew

I stopped using ******** because it bored me to tears.

I installed Instagram for a while but honestly I never take any photos so I have nothing to post. I figure nobody would want to see photos of my kids, my dinner or me working out so it's pointless.

10 years and counting.

i don't understand why ppl use twitter and make multiple posts, it defeats the purpose. i don't like the laughter reaction on ******** because ppl use it to laugh at sad news and then when i'm scrolling through my google news feed i start to look for it on the bottom of the tragic headlines. i gave tom my phonenumber once and he signed me up for a bunch of spam. ig is just pictures, u can upload them anywhere? never got that obsession. tbh i miss the blogging days, at least it was somewhat like journaling which ppl have done for centuries, nothing wrong with that. microblogging is stupid