I grew up in the time when all these social media platforms first came out. I was in middle school when Facebook became popular and by the time I was in highschool everyone had a smartphone. This was way before things got as bad as they are now so I know I’m not exactly an expert in this department. But at the same time, social media fucked me up for years. I’d be glued to my phone all day without any breaks. I decided the only social media I was gonna use was Reddit. After I deleted all my accounts and went to just Reddit I thought things were gonna be better. But instead I’d waste hours upon hours just browsing on Reddit.
Now reddit is garbage and these days the only real social media I use is here on the fediverse. This place is still pretty small, but I feel like that’s a good thing. There is just enough content to get my fill for 20 minutes, move on, and then come back in like 4 or 5 hours. Not having social media in my face all the time has honestly made me feel the best mentally that I ever have. Or at least since I was in highschool. These days I can forget my phone in my car when I get home without even realizing it until I’m about to go to bed and need to set an alarm.
I don’t know what the moral of my story is, but I just wanted to share. I definitely think social media should have a warning. Most people will ignore it of course, but it’s a start. It’s just nice being somewhere where you’re not drowning in content, clout seekers, and companies all shoving things down my throat to suck as much attention as physically possible out of me.
I grew up in the time when all these social media platforms first came out. I was in middle school when Facebook became popular and by the time I was in highschool everyone had a smartphone. This was way before things got as bad as they are now so I know I’m not exactly an expert in this department. But at the same time, social media fucked me up for years. I’d be glued to my phone all day without any breaks. I decided the only social media I was gonna use was Reddit. After I deleted all my accounts and went to just Reddit I thought things were gonna be better. But instead I’d waste hours upon hours just browsing on Reddit.
Now reddit is garbage and these days the only real social media I use is here on the fediverse. This place is still pretty small, but I feel like that’s a good thing. There is just enough content to get my fill for 20 minutes, move on, and then come back in like 4 or 5 hours. Not having social media in my face all the time has honestly made me feel the best mentally that I ever have. Or at least since I was in highschool. These days I can forget my phone in my car when I get home without even realizing it until I’m about to go to bed and need to set an alarm.
I don’t know what the moral of my story is, but I just wanted to share. I definitely think social media should have a warning. Most people will ignore it of course, but it’s a start. It’s just nice being somewhere where you’re not drowning in content, clout seekers, and companies all shoving things down my throat to suck as much attention as physically possible out of me.