Coming off Social Media

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I’ve massively reduced my SM usage (FB, insta) in recent months, but I really want to quit it completely as I find myself increasingly annoyed by things on there.
Has anyone deactivated their account and felt happier for it?

I have no ‘friends’ on FB, I just watch things I’m interested in, like bands and local pages. I delete any friend requests.
I’ve never been on Insta, but I do need to delete TikTok as I spend far too long in there, and get wound up at stuff.

Can't you just ignore the parts you get annoyed with and focus on parts you do like.
I am on a lot of Facebook groups for my various hobbies and interests - like book collecting, historical photos etc.
I'd be quite sad without those groups to be a part of.

Yes definitely!

I have been off facebook for three years.
Just reactivated it as heard there was a good nhs pension group.
Deleted lots of people from school when I went back on.

Deactivated my personal FB account years ago, and have never missed it one iota. I still need to be on Twitter because of work stuff, but it's become a right-wing sewer since Musk took over so I no longer use that for personal stuff either.

I've never been interested in the "minute by minute account of all the mundane parts of everyone's lives" aspect of social media, but it used to be good for staying in touch with people. The advent of apps like Whatsapp has rendered that moot, so there is really nothing about FB and the like that interest me at all any more. Also got sick of people I thought I knew well betraying their ignorance and posting far-right/racist stuff when they really ought to know better and check the source. FB is full of it.

I have a FB account mostly to follow local events, professional groups and things related to my own and DC’s interests. Plus a bit of Labrador appreciation. I do enjoy seeing posts from friends I don’t see much in real life, and might post a few photos of holidays or my dogs.

I’ve never used Instagram, TockTock or Twitter. It just feels like a sure fire way to sap precious time away from
real life.

To be honest, I’m not really interested in what randoms on the internet buy, do or think about stuff. I’m especially not interested on what they are currently offended by.

I find real people, Radio 4, food podcasts and my weekly fix of the New Statesman magazine provide more than enough social input.

If you come off fb you can still use messenger. Just for info for anyone reading.

I was diagnosed with PNd and ocd after my baby and found instagram and facebook such a fake place to be on , people showing off one photo of their day and I was thinking I was a bad mam and my baby deserves better but what I don't know what the girl I went to school with also had PNd and was struggling because insta shows you one photo of the perfect day and you run with it .. it's toxic iv been off social media about 4 months and honestly I feel amazing for it

I find myself increasingly annoyed by things people post- bragging about their kids, new cars, holidays etc. I recognise that’s a ‘me’ problem and people are not doing anything wrong, but I feel myself internally eye rolling at it and I’ve realised that it doesn’t make me feel good or happy, or just makes me irritated. I can’t fathom why.
I do have an unconventional lifestyle (farm) that is very different to most so maybe it’s that I struggle to relate to it all.

I’ve pretty much come off instagram, haven’t touched it for weeks. But FB is harder for some reason. I don’t do TikTok or anything like that.