Am I strange to not have or want any social media profiles

[Naimee87]

I am 33 and don't have any social media or online presence since a long time. I don't know anything about the latest apps that have come out and to be honest i don't miss the older ones either. But am i missing out do you think? I have a 10yr old DS who keeps me somewhat up to speed with games/apps he see's from friends and friends parents. But even then when i see whats on these apps/platforms not any of it makes me want to have a profile. My friends have been telling me as i'm single and really terrible at relationships it would be better to have some sort of profile out there.. I have tried dating apps too but they are a million times worse than the 'normal' social media platforms. Curious to hear what others have to say about this... maybe i'm just showing my age?

I don't think you're missing out on anything personally.

I enjoyed social media when I was late teens/early 20s, but not much seems to go on now i'm in my 30s (32). Newsfeeds are just full of ads, sponsored posts or people posting pictures of their kids/dinner/pets.

The only thing I find Facebook useful for is selling via Marketplace.

Neither I nor my adult kids have ever had SM. I didn't ban them from doing so it's just never appealed to any of us.

Strange? No, not at all. Lots of people don't use social media.

I'm 35 and not used sm in a few years now.

I’m 40 and have never had FB or any other type of SM. I’ll admit I’m the only person I know IRL who has never had an one line profile of any sort.

Not strange but, two questions:
A) My workplace demands it as part of my professional role. Is it not holding you back in that sphere;
B) How do your mates organise things? I ended up joining Facebook after resistance due to missing out on most group invites, as bit by bit it became the core communication method. But then I'm showing my age there (a bit older than you) as this was in the pre-WhatsApp era

49 yo here. Never had any sort of sm.
Never felt odd or in need of justifying myself.

@YukoandHiro may I ask what kind of job you do that demands you use your own personal social media for work purposes?

I get the organising things, I stopped using Facebook and I'm forever missing events and birthdays as I was used to Facebook notifying me!

How come you are on Mumsnet then? That's a social media platform

@irreversibleverse

How come you are on Mumsnet then? That's a social media platform

Is it? I didn't think that it was due to anonymity. I've read others say the same as you. Is Reddit social media?

No pouting pics on here though!!