I got off social media a year ago. Its just so overwhelmingly negative, toxic and addictive. Even when my rule of thumb was only follow people i know, it just took over my life. Between doing a YouTube channel for 13 years about movies, tech and history, Facebook with both a personal page and a page for the YouTube Channel, Instagram, SnapChat, TickTok, twitter (which i still have but dont use and cant find a way to delete)....My whole day was waking up, seeing likes and comments on YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, be it from followers of my channel, or just friends and family, and if i diden't get the response i was hoping for, it would trigger my ocd and make me feel bad, and i just gradually gave it all up. YouTube was the hardest one cause while i enjoyed making videos, i hated the feedback and strangers judging me and telling me how to run my channel, how im wrong, flawed, etc..... Deleting facebook though was a nightmare...30 days you cant go on it once or it cancels the deletion, that felt like getting off drugs, Uck.
A year later, i dont miss social media one bit yet i still have the compulsion to check it even though its deleted. Im not going back. The only "Social Media" i use is here, and on a Ghostbusters Forum, and some comments on tech stuff on gizmodo which is its own bias echo chamber anyways.
My advice...get off Social Media and enjoy your lives. Dont let it take over your life. Theres more then just being the center of attention with likes, subs clicks and views. Take a photo and save it for later, you dont have to share everything with the world and get feedback on it 24/7.
