Anyone given up social media?

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Did it help your mental well-being?

Short post I know I'm just interested as I'm feeling pretty deflated at the moment.

I gave up Facebook two years ago, and have never felt better. I do still have Instagram but feel I cope with it better as Im not unnecessarily becoming/receiving connection requests or content from people I met in 2005. It was revolutionary actually.

Definitely. Got sick of toxicity on FB, family politics and fake stuff. WhatsApp made me obsessive. I’d been late to that party but a boyfriend introduced me. It was awful! Got rid & been more at peace. I hate all that shit.

Thank you everyone. It's such a hard habit to break. I find myself looking at it all the time and it's not healthy. I feel it's not helping my mental health either.

I only do Instagram , I love interiors , food stuff and pretty photographs.

I ignore the selling and Influencer aspect that is the norm in there.

I’ve never been tempted by twitter or snapchat and although I have an Instagram page I never use it
I’d love to give up fb but I have a work group on there and a career group/page thing
I’d give up WhatsApp tho - except there’s another group thing I have to be on

I never post, but I view Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Not so much for friends but following personal interests. Twitter particularly can be very informative on current events.

I only have Facebook and it's a very select group of people/groups I can see. If anyone posts anything that upsets me or annoys me I unfriend or hide. I've taken the app off my phone so I don't get notifications, and I close the app after looking so I have to physically open a tab, search for Facebook and go in. Then it's less compulsive.

Don't have any others at. I have got other things I like idly scrolling (property, eBay, Etsy, Pinterest) so that helps.

I really could do with breaking my MN habit. There can be a lot of support/entertainment but some of it is truly depressing...

Is WhatsApp social media? I thought it was just a messaging service like texting. That's what I use it for.

I'm not on any social media apart from MN. I just know it would be bad for me mentally and I've already got enough to concern myself with without adding to it. I don't even know how facebook works and find the thought of it terrifying if I'm honest!

I am still on Facebook because I'm in lots of groups for my hobby on there. However I have hidden every single person so I don't see anything in my feed.

Mn is the closest I come to social media. I’ve never used FB or Twitter, and though I have an Instagram account ii have precisely six followers and don’t myself follow anyone — it’s purely so my parents and ILs in our home country can see photos of DS.

I stooped FB around the time of the last election. I couldn't take being bombarded by other people's boring and bigoted politics. I'm still a member and it's on my phone but I simply don't use it. I think I've found it easier to ignore than I otherwise might because I have MN and have been on here for about 15 years. I much prefer choosing the topics I'm interested in and the anonymity. I've learnt so much from MN but can't say I ever learnt anything from FB. I don't have any other SM

Got rid of Facebook a year ago. Never think about it now and feel sorry for those who talk about it to me like it's the centre of their universe ('Karen put this on Facebook today' 'did you see what James posted on Facebook' 'oh my god, look at this points to phone').

I use Instagram but not often. I prefer it as it is just photos and much less boring status updates that nobody cares about!

Social media in my eyes is one of the reasons the internet became the messed up place it is. Back in the early 1990's when I was teaching University students how to use databases and writing webpages that side was still very much in its infancy. There were certainly dodgy awful things online but I think social media has really messed up some people.

I stopped using FB a few years ago. My friend was seriously depressed but looking at his FB timeline you would never had known. It actually made me really sad to see this. It trivialises actual real feelings.

I gave up Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and instagram many months ago.
At first I really missed it but it has given so much of my life back. I'm not constantly scrolling or posting and my life is my own and private.
It's refreshing to be getting on with more activities etc and not having to read boasts and arguments every day.
I don't regret coming of these platforms for a second and don't miss any of the people that were mere acquaintances.

Gave up Facebook a couple of years ago. Don't miss it at all but there have been times people have been trying to contact me and assuming I have read their messages. My profile is still there I just haven't posted or checked in about 2 years. I should probably delete my profile altogether.

Yes and DD19 has too
She has fb tho simply as that's how her uni course students communicates. I think her page is empty.

I still use Messenger sometimes

I deleted my FB account about 6 months ago to draw a line under a toxic friendship that hadn’t fallen apart.

I miss seeing family photos and knowing what is going on (village FB news page) but I really dont miss the drama and cyber bullying (from adults!).

I still go on fb and insta but mostly to browse and not post. Although my cat does have an Instagram account that I manage for him!

It’s not healthy for me to post stuff. I check on it obsessively for likes so I made myself realise my self worth is not based on how many likes I get for a daft photo.

I’ve taken up knitting which is a good distraction when I’m bored.

I deleted my FB profile earlier in the year and although I have created a new one for a few groups I belonged to, I don't post or accept friend requests. I'm only on Twitter and Instagram but they don't have the same kind of pull for me as FB did. I do still spend too much time on devices but I'm not so over invested.

For family, we've started using shared photo albums on iPhoto and we WhatsApp now. I don't really miss out on much.

I do wonder what folk expect to gain out of SM, that then fails so much for them. Is it supposed to be a showing off thing, a mutual bragfest, to feel like you made contact with someone famous? Do you expect to see truly interesting marketing to you of things that you want to know about & buy. How does SM go wrong for you?

I quite adore Twitter for political news, and Facebook is good for keeping in touch with distant relatives & old friends I rarely see in person. Perfect for me.