Have you ever come off social media completely?

[toepick]

I feel so much more peaceful off it

Mumsnet okay because it's anonymous

I don't think it's good for my mental health

[BigFatLiar]

If they'd come off it they wouldn't be here to answer :)

Never been big SM users, only recently got smart phones, still getting DH used to using it.

[spidermonkeys]

Deleting Facebook and instagram was fantastic. Never looked back !

[WAIGD]

Yes. I came off Facebook around 8 years ago and it was the best thing I did.
The thing that made me decide to leave was running into a couple of people I went to school with who I hadn’t seen irl since my school days. They were asking after my DC and knew stuff about me from my social media and it made me realise how creepy and ridiculous it all was!
Facebook etc is basically a stalkers paradise.

[OohLaFiatMultipla]

Not deliberately but I think I've been on my FB about 3/4 times in the last six months, I don't really know how to use Instagram or what my password is.... Don't have twitter anymore because it's shit. I have no interest in tiktok. I do spend more time than I should on here though... I don't think that's bad for my mental health as I take everything with a hefty pinch of salt but it's a time drain

[toepick]

It is a strange phenomenon

[watermelonsugar56]

I’m not on anything, unless you count this, which I don’t 😊. Made such a positive difference to my life and recommend it to everyone xx

[SirChenjins]

I have MN and Facebook for a hobby that I have - I never post on it or follow anything beyond the hobby stuff - and that’s it. I don’t miss it one but, life is so much calmer and quieter without it.

[Slippersareindeedsexy]

I came off years ago. Don't miss it one bit. I was treated like an alien when I first deleted it, didn't give a fuck though.

[BakedBeanAddict]

I have to have a Facebook profile for my work but I curate what I see a lot. I’ve muted or unfriended anyone who makes me feel bad and I don’t post on my profile.

[TheFancyPoet]

ages ago, when facebook was the main thing, I had a friend who was divorced and her only man joy was random men liking her pictures. So anytime I was on fb, I had to listen in messenger about that, how amazing they think she looks, actually total bullshit from a 33 year old woman. So I just created a second fb account for browsing and for total strangers and used to sign with her when wanted to see how she is, not how her men are.

[DistinguishedSocialCommentator]

Only done forums, never done facebooks, tikstoks, twiter but can read for breaking news - post on Daily Mail forums as well as the Sun and at times The Guardian

[IncessantNameChanger]

I need FB for my SEN support groups. Apart from that I could live without it. It's full of relatives I no longer have anything do with on dhs side sadly. If we interact irl I don't know why we are connected on FB anymore

[TheFancyPoet]

Yes, forgot: I do not post any private image or personal story on fb with my name , so it's like I am not on it anyway

[Motherofsnakes]

Yes. I haven't had Facebook type social media for years and now find it really weird when people show me things on theirs. Not in a judgemental way/think I'm better for not having it...I just sometimes can't believe how much people share/wonder how much I used to share.

Obviously I am here, and I do have WhatsApp but only for the picture message facility.

Like I say there is no negative judgement about it, I came off it during a particularly traumatic time in life/operated on the what I don't see can't hurt me sort of motto and didn't look back.

[FortunataTagnips]

I have Twitter and Insta accounts but only use them for reference at work - never tweet or post anything.

The other day I realised the pressure to respond to people’s posts on FB was making me really tense. So I unfriended everyone and now only have the account for my SEN support groups. It’s blissful.

[RichPetunia]

I came off FB months ago. Don't miss it. Feel like I've gone back to a simpler life.

[Motherofsnakes]

I meant to add, people have said to me that employers check social media etc and might find it weird but then in a lot of jobs you are meant to have very shut down private accounts or could be using a different name and email liked so how would they know?

[Twoshoesnewshoes]

I don’t have any apart from this, an online campervan forum, and WhatsApp. Never have.

[AnonyLonnymouse]

I left Facebook for a long time and when I came back I un-friended a whole load of people from school etc.

I only really use it for local friends, for following organisations and for groups. Plus I manage a few pages, so it’s useful for that.

I mostly regret getting WhatsApp tbh. I think the fast-moving and slightly disjointed conversation in groups is a really easy way to create interpersonal issues!

[Motherofsnakes]

@AnonyLonnymouse

I left Facebook for a long time and when I came back I un-friended a whole load of people from school etc.

I only really use it for local friends, for following organisations and for groups. Plus I manage a few pages, so it’s useful for that.

I mostly regret getting WhatsApp tbh. I think the fast-moving and slightly disjointed conversation in groups is a really easy way to create interpersonal issues!

Yes I really agree with that about WhatsApp. It's a shame because that's the one I keep becuase I do like sending and receiving pictures to and from relatives across the miles. The amount messages have been taken the wrong way though, or why has so and so replied to you but not me etc.

[TheFancyPoet]

Motherofsnakes · Yesterday 21:44

I meant to add, people have said to me that employers check social media etc and might find it weird but then in a lot of jobs you are meant to have very shut down private accounts or could be using a different name and email liked so how would they know?

yes and someone might be using your name and picture, so how the employers really will know, unless you have a fb registered with the email that you gave them when you applied for that position?????

[OldTinHat]

I got rid of all social media 7yrs ago (apart from here!) and haven't missed any of it.

[toepick]

Two days off it and already feel calmer and better
It's poison for some people