People who don’t use social media…

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I have used social media since MySpace and I’m sick and embarrassed of how addicted I am. It swallows up so much time. I have managed to deactivate Facebook for the last month, but still use TikTok, Instagram and Mumsnet far too much! I’m interested in people who have no interest in social media, how do you keep yourself occupied/wind down from a tiring day?

You're asking on social media, so ... :-)

Read a book, watch a show or movie, garden, go for a walk, listen to music, play an instrument, read a magazine, walk the dogs, do a craft, do a puzzle.

DH doesn’t, but he is obsessed with following people on Strava 🤣

I use this, but nothing else.
MySpace? I think before my time, or I just wasn't interested
Facebook is drama ,parking, neighbour disputes,
Tiktok is not something I've explored
Instagram is look at me, my kids my hauls

*Imo
I talk to/spend time with my friends,family, read, learn things, crochet, physio, listen to podcasts /audiobooks, TV , pets

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My friend regularly misses out on things like delayed local train, activities going on locally, items for sale because she isn't on Facebook.
Whilst being mindful of the amount of time you're on social media is good, there are some things such as above that are really helpful.

I don't use Instagram, tik tok or MySpace only FB then things like this and MSE.

I kind of separate forums (obviously because I’m on here!) but they are different as I see them as discussion areas more than posting and scrolling things. Even then they should have a place but not dominate your down time.

the truth is you just need to not look. The longer you don’t engage the less you want to. Also change your mindset about posting your life and actually enjoy your experiences rather than take pictures to post later.

i had Facebook which I still have but hardly ever look at and don’t have the app (even with forums) so get no notifications so I physically need to decide to sign in to look which because I don’t get notifications I don’t do.

I didn’t ever sign up to insta, twitter, TikTok etc so never engage particularly because you need an account to engage which can be annoying because so many people only list their business on one of them! What that’s means though is that if it’s n there I can’t see it so I can’t engage.

my best advice is to delete everything or at the very least sign out and turn off notifications and email notifications and delete the apps.

it means you need to actually decide to search for it then sign in then look.

think of some things you want to do instead and set up the ability to do that beforehand so when you sign out you can fill your time.
tell your friends (actual friends not social media friends) that you won’t be on it so to txt or WhatsApp etc you instead if they need you as otherwise you won’t know.

as for what I do instead at home here’s a few examples
tv
podcast
films
music
video games
books
i go through phases of liking a craft then drop it for another one for a while
jigsaw
cycling when I’m well enough.
small amount of YouTube but not a lot of time.

I would have thought you would have found out about train delays without being on Facebook.

I am on MN (obviously) and FB.
Only use FB to join groups related to an activity I take part in and our local FB group for the immediate area where we live (missing pets, items to give away, what bin is it tomorrow etc).
Never been on any other platforms or SM. Used to be on several forums related to my activity but they all seem to have been replaced by FB groups.

Have never let it control my life or take much too time, life is for living and not scrolling.😉

I haven’t worked out Instagram….I don’t understand how it works TBH . Am happy just looking at FB occasionally.

You can obviously check for train or road delays on other apps. But if it is a journey you do all the time you probably won't bother so it is really handy when someone posts on FB that there is a signalling fault, accident on the dual carriageway etc. I don't post much on FB outside special interest groups but find out all sorts of useful local stuff on there, events, places to visit, local news etc. I have a friend who doesn't use SM and she is always asking "how do you know about all this?" well the answer is usually FB. Key for me is just glancing in quickly a few times a day, not scrolling endlessly.

This is social media...!

I've got zero interest in SM. Quite able to work out if my train is running late or work out things I want to do without it
I wind down by reading, podcasts, cooking, exercise, reading the news, etc.

I have a fake Facebook account. I created it when having a conversation with real life friends that I thought Facebook was fake friendships. To prove it I made a fake account then looked up one of my real friends and put in friend requests to their friends then requests to friends of friends. within a week I had over 300 friends. Only about 5 or 6 messaged to ask who I was, I blocked them.
It's been handy for Facebook marketplace and local groups.