I quit social media and realized how lonely I actually am. Hopefully eventually I can cultivate a real life with real people to meet with off social media. Thank you
yeah. social media is not a cure for loneliness, it's a patch. The cure is to either accept loneliness and be OK with it, or to find actual real life people outside of social media "friends"
Definitely deleted social media a couple times, but always came back to it honestly because I felt isolated and out of touch with people. I thought I was feeling out of touch with "reality" but it was the fantasy world that social media creates that I was feeling distant and out of touch with. I think I deleted social media for six months but felt like I had to go back to relate to other people again, but I clearly see now those people and I are not meant to understand or relate to each other.
Oh man that could be publishable😂 and it’s scary to think that as we go further down the rabbit hole of social media, that difficulty to relate to people is going to be harder and harder.
@@luisaindivisa yeah I feel you on the "wasting your time" part that's why I had to let it go, especially when you realize you could have been doing something more productive
deleting definitely makes you face yourself and your insecurities head on because you can't drown them in the noise. it's sort of like waking up from a bad dream. i've had instagram deleted for three months, and had it completely deactivated for like six weeks - watching videos like these had made me realize it takes way longer than that to break the cycle of addiction and i still have a lot to learn - my brain is still hardwired to want to post and brag on instagram and i keep realizing that's not an option anymore. i'm looking forward to what my life can look like if i keep going.
I actually deleted instagram and all the social media and now I'm feeling good by learning new things on youtube and reading books training..... and also I feel alive and that's the point!
I deleted insta, snap, twitter, fb for good 👍 not turning bsfk sll those people on there including some ex friends from school were completely not worth my time. But no i can’t give it up I Love gaming and online is where I met my real friend. And having many friendship breakups and fallouts problems with my nearly all actually if not it’s all my school ‘friends’ so no I don’t trust that statement, ‘only real friends are in person’ not when your in person friends that you met in person first end up treating you as an option and like you don’t matter, despite you devoting time and effort to them. Im done being used by people
I deleted everything except for youtube and instagram, I'm a musician and I need to share my music on social media, without it nobody is going to listen to my music.
I’m one week off everything except youtube but I only watch RU-vid videos and not shorts. Trying to avoid the mindless scrolling. I also feel happier too.
@@Awesomes007 there is. on the computer its unhook for free (for chrome) and on the phone I havent found anything free yet but it would be called untrap but you have to pay 3dollars or so. You can hide many other things with unhook and untrap like reels, recommendations, likes, explore, trending and and and
I FEEEEELL what you mean about the beauty of meeting people with no idea who they are or no bias. I remember automatically judging people in one way or another based off the first glance of their profile. It is liberating to not have that false first impression to go off of.
Yes I have been off for six months now and I love looking at people both old and new in my life and actually felling like there is some mystery to them/ things I don’t know about them. I also love when people look at me and ask questions because they don’t have a social media page of mine to go off.
When I deleted instagram I felt like I never existed..as if I was a ghost. So thank you so much for talking abt the loneliness and distance and feeling left out,, it rlly is a drug,, so when you said “withdraw”..that was such a perfect way to put it. Can’t say there aren’t temptations sometimes..but I’m never going back cuz it really has been so good. I am nowhere near where you are right now,, this is my first year without it,, but I rlly hope I get there.
Deleted it for my 20th birthday, 10/10 recommend, it was so isolating at first but it has taught me to be more confident and actually makes it easier to meet people because I am excited to learn about them.
I was getting to know a group of girls and we were still in that stage of not being friends yet but hanging out. And we exchanged social media accounts, literally the next day after they added my instagram they became so different. They were all very friendly and wanting to become closer, it was an obvious difference from before. It was almost as after they saw my profile and my pictures they realized I was “enough” to be part of their group. I know it’s normal for these things to happen in high school and most people are like that. But I decided I didn’t want to be part of that, even though sometimes I made those judgments myself. That was when I decided to deactivate my Instagram. I honestly don’t see the greatest difference in my day to day life, but I feel so much better when I meet someone and I don’t care if their pictures look “weird” and if they have friends or not. I always hated this thing where you are what your instagram profile portraits
They have created the notifications and algorithims to be as addicting as possible and it is not natural to the human brain. I am glad you were able to see how it affected you. I deleted it all a couple years ago apart from youtube which i dont use in a social way, just for learning things like recipes, tutorials, workouts, news, etc. I'm glad youre out there living more if your life and gaining confidence ❤
Gen Z are so smart, you guys are actually the first generation that I saw aware of this and in my opinion, the generation that hurt the most by the internet. It doesn't matter if you stumbles from time to time (may God bless you) but to talk about this and share it with people about things that the past generation never think of, so inspiring. We love you and we wish you good luck running the future! - sincerely, Gen Y.
nah genz isnt the most hurt by internet, as of now alpha will be the most and as time progresses the generations to come. I started using cell phones of my parents when i was abt 7 years old in 2016 eventho by now cell phones were invented for over a decade but I did not live in a first world country so I still spent atleast the first 7 years of my life without interent, gen alpha did not, and then genz's future kids, gen beta, the generation after alpha will suffer more bc all they got a internet, boomers juts got the outside world, millenials mostly had the outside world and a little internet world, genz got more internet world than it did outside world but still got some outside world, the generations to come will only have the internet world, genz was the last generation to experience both eventho that experience had more internet and less outside but still, gen alpha and beta will only have the internet, they won't everknow what the world felt like w/o internet, im pretty sure my aged people (15) in first world countries also do not know how the world was before internet so only the older genz experienced both while the younger 2008-2012, not so much. but atleast I did and im glad.
Dont agree at all, gen z are the most addicted to social media, im a gen z (born in 98) but most of my relatives and coworkers are millenials and they were aware of the damage of social media and making your life all about that, there are A LOT of vlogs about people leaving internet and most of them are late millenials, as well early gen z are the ones who are a little more aware, but we are talking about the generation that IS ALL THE TIME ONLINE and the ones who made tiktok famous. But im really glad there are more late gen z who are watching how this and the next generation are living a fake life because of the internet.
I'm soo happy to see the change deleting social media leads to. I deleted instagram on 25th June and it is september now. I honestly have never felt better and I relate to you on soo many different levels. Especially how deleting social media makes you stop judging people just by their profiles. I was one of them, completely absorbed in making my feed "aesthetic" and belittling those whose weren't. Now when I talk to people, I see them for who they really are, not as someone on my screen. I have also lost many friends, a few close ones and mostly those who were always overly nice to me on my comments and stories. Sometimes when I really want to share pictures, I do it on watsapp, where only those who really mean something are present. I am in a place in life where I am so happy to be myself, wear whatever I want, surrounded by people who genuinely care for me. I also did reactivate it a few weeks back for like 2 days, and the amount of content and trend really overwhelmed me, compelling me to delete it at the earliest. Only after I deleted it, I felt at peace. I didn't feel like I needed to broadcast my entire life to others. I realised that, it's all a trap and we don't even know that we're stuck in it.
This hits home! I left social media in 2018. I only use RU-vid for good content that help me grow as a person. I’ve lost most of my friends and felt lonely at the beginning of this journey but looking back to that period I can tell; it was isolation before elevation. I grew physically, spiritually and financially. It’s all about knowing thyself because your 3D world is a reflection of your inner world (thoughts & beliefs) Love your content and your energy is amazing✨ thank you for your transparency. Keep inspiring people Tash ☮️&💜 from Amsterdam.
This has honestly inspired me. I've tried quitting Social media for several times now but it hasnt ever really lasted longer than 2 weeks. I'm also actually really scared just thinking about the enormous amounts of time in our life that go lost while we just sit there and watch social media, living in this world that isn't real. It's really robbing us of our lives.. that's so sad. I've decided to change that, I set myself a goal to just quit it and see how things will change, how my mind will shift. So ready for this, can't wait to see the beauty of life I was missing up until now revealing itself❤ I wish all the best to all of you deciding to do the same, a strong persistance in achieving any of your goals especially quitting social media which can be really hard but so helpful and blessed❤
Totally agree with everything you said! Three years in, sometimes I do still feel out of touch or forgotten, but no matter what I will never go back! I wish more people would join us by quitting for good
Going on 5 months already, life feels so much more present now. In the first couple weeks, I felt that I could actually /think/ again - take a thought to a logical conclusion, and be able to go inside of myself once again. I don't think I'll be going back.
Heard a guy named Paul Conti say on a podcast “mental health can be simplified down to, Agency and Gratitude.” This made perfect sense to why social media gave me that sick feeling. It killed my gratitude and was in the process of killing my sense of agency. Haven’t been off long but I can already feel the beginning of regrowth.
Bit by bit I've been removing myself from social media, but today was a breaking point. People seem to take it to heart if we are texting and I then go off and live my life doing something for a few hours that doesn't involve texting. Then when I return, I see that they're online on the app, and yet they wont respond to me until a similar amount of time elapses again. I'm 22 and just want it to be like the days where we socialised outside again and it wasnt so hard to get a hold of someone because they "forget to reply" or whatever. Its crazy, and mind numbing idk if the rest of you have this but im at the stage where communicating via a phone doesnt feel right.
the moment when i realised social media is getting THAT bad is when i attended a concert and the only thing i was thinking about is getting a good video to post on my instagram.. i feel so messed up. i asked myself what happened to living the moment and just creating memories? everything is about how people view your life. like we need to let the world know that we are cool and unique and included, we are doing this and that, we went to here and there. it is sooo bad. not to add the worst feeling of seeing other people do the things you wanna do instead youre there at the corners of your room doing absolutely nothing. im seeing more negative effects here than good. i hope we can collectively do the socmed detoxing to make our lives better.
I found myself so much happier when I deleted social media. And yes, it has been a rollercoaster of feelings cause I only deleted 3 months ago. But at the same time it has been so good, i found more time to do things I love like reading books, cooking etc. Thank you for this video, it helped me a lot and when I wanna go back to social media I just keep replaying. Thanks. Love from Portugal
I just deleted IG this week. Your point about preconceptions about people is so good! Before, I could look someone up on Instagram and get their vibe before we have to have any sort of chat. Now I’ll have to actually be a bit more inquisitive with people if I want to know them. I can’t just look at their page to see what they like, I just have to be forward about it and ASK. With social media, I don’t have to really truly engage with anyone to think I know them. Great video!
@@rangtaluck My job thankfully isn’t dependent on social media which definitely makes it a lot easier to get rid of. However I’ve still occasionally needed to use messenger apps as that’s the only way to stay in touch with some people (ie internationally), I just treat that like texting because it’s basically the same as far as I’m concerned.
i’ve been trying to quit social media since the beginning of college, five years later i still find myself going back to it! thank you for motivating me to delete it again
same here but one day I just deleted the instagram and snapchat they told me you can log back in one month before we completely delete your account and I felt like shit because he was so confident in me trying to log back and I took that as challenge to not log in just to prove I am not logging back in a month and now I dont have accounts and I am not creating it again. it is been just over 45 days and I am feeling great waking up early with energy cause I sleep early and now I am trying to form habits that I wanted to for a long time. My advice just delete it and take that 30 days as a challenge not to log back in.
One thing that makes you understand that she definitely hasnt been on social media for a big while, is the way she articulates her speaking. She's extremely weel spoken, and doesnt use the tiktok "slang" that is killing eloquency these days. I love you, thanks for the video.
@@Tashorange i had deactivated instagram for 7 months then I reactivated for 2 months posted some pics again i was sad because of likes counts then again I deactivated 😂 I hope one day I completely forget about social media
Wooow 6 years is a lot!! I think I should leave social media because it makes me sad when I end up using it. But I always come back because I feel like I'm loosing something. You inspire me to leave social media
It's been almost 6 months not using anything other than RU-vid and it feels really good honestly. I'm more emotionally conscious and I'm able to give more time to my hobbies and life's going really really well too. To anyone who's thinking to quit ig/snap etc.,this is your sign to do it rn. You'll feel like living for real again and less bs as well. Life gets way more better trust me.
my parents didn’t allow me to use socials till i turn 15, but when i did turn 15 i saw others around me being soo controlled by social media.. looking at all that toxicity it never occurred to me to use it and go into that huge ocean of comparisons and jealousy.. im 20 now.. i still don’t think i’d ever want to use it.
I deleted social media 5 years ago..people do not need to know my every move..nobody has that many real friends..if you go through your life with one maybe two true trustworthy friends you will be very blessed…put the focus on yourself!
I cant explain how happy it makes me see! I love this video, you seem like such a lovely person. I have also been through this. I love that you have posted this it is such an amazing message. Yay!!!!!!
I've deleted social media so many times, signed out of them and then re-downloaded them. I think that the reason I really don't like social media anymore is because it's changed. Instagram used to be so simple and about just seeing your friend's pictures. Overtime it's become about influencers, and now my feed is mainly random influencers and ads for products or clothing. Also reels has made it so that you honestly have no control over what you see, and it's a bunch of random videos from people about anything. You can't control if what you see is positive or negative. It's just different now. To me it's more random with constant videos and you get sucked into posts from strangers on your search page instead of how it started out which was just to keep up with friends (plus maybe the celebrities you followed).
love to see that there are still people like you in the world!💗It's so rare to find people my age who don't use any socials, and whenever I do I can sense it immediately. it feels like I'm actually talking to another human being and not just a regurgitation of countless memes and tiktoks from whichever side of the internet. I think you are very intelligent for being able to respond this way to our current society!
god i wish i had quit social media six years ago when i was 15. i feel like i've really wasted so much of my teen life just midlessly scrolling. but now i'm 21 and i'm feeling really inspired to give it a go now so i can live my 20s to the fullest!!
I remember that on my side, I didn't add people on social media before getting to know them; I only added those I knew. But now, I've realized that social media isn't the heart of human relationships; it's mainly a way to connect, but not to build relationships. And on my side, I have friends who have a maturity towards social media that helps me.
Congrats and well done! Thanks for sharing your experience. You did yourself a big favor as you realized after the initial struggles. Have been off social media for over a decade so i can relate to everything you shared. Best wishes on your journey :)
It's inspiring how you managed to make that decision at such a young age. I couldn't fathom having the maturity and instinctual awareness to be able to make such a dramatic and positive change in my life at 15. At 15??! man...
that was really genuine. the way you were presenting your feelings and experience. they were really coming from core of you. we could feel it. the word you used, "i feel less fear" is totally on your words and expression. anyway tq for the video... & yes someone commented earlier, you look beautiful form outside too....🙂 "YOU SEEM UN-TOUCHED"
Thank you, these words are beautiful😭🙏🏻 I try not think about my video editing or quality😂 Its such a real and vulnerable topic & I do wish to share in the most genuine way❤️ thanks again
Thank you so much for this video! I’m currently in highschool and I’ve realized how lonely I am without social media, I have no friends I talk to or I felt a bit empty inside not having people liking my story or commenting on them. It’s my first day off of social media and I never want to go back to it. I’ll come back to this video everytime I have the urge to redownload it. ❤
Wow good on you!! Keep close with family and try to be around people that love you😊🩷🙏🏼 let me know if you need any help, cause I was in high school too when I deleted it
The only social media I have is YT & TT, but I average 25hrs a week on TikTok & I LOVE it, I learn so much which is why it's hard to give up, but I can't keep dedicating that much of life to passively watching other's.
Thank you for this !! This is a video that I want to show to everyone in France. It's been one week that I deleted it, I don't really want to have it again rn. I feel kinda free, it's so good. Let's see what it does in the future :)
Holy hell, you're so calm and chill. I like that! I've removed my instagram app long time ago and been good without it for a couple of years, but then I started coming to the events and meeting new people, and they all were exchanging their instagrams and I had to dive into it again just to be in contact with them. Now I'm on that hook again, posting stories daily and my new "friends" liking them. Especially funny considering that most of new acquitances end up there, being subs on my insta profile and liking my stories. That's like the maximum level of communication they do. I think we as a society still don't know how to make friends and stay friends. I wish I knew the answer.
I am doing a no scroll September at the moment but I find that I get stuck on RU-vid watching things so I need to probably give myself a limit on RU-vid. I’m sad to hear that you felt at 15 that you needed to quit social media. It’s so unfortunate young people are addicted to social media. But I agree, sending a photo to a friend and actually catching up with someone, even if it’s just a phone call it’s so much for personal than watching someone’s story.
that's such a great point you made about not having these weird assumptions based on arbitrary hierarchies when it comes to people you meet, thanks for sharing your perspective :)
I deactivated my social media 2 months ago. Like you said I was draining because of all the content of others and mindless scrolling. I feel so much better now still addected to RU-vid tho but only intentionally. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. Happy to see young girl like you escaped from it. 💜 Your cute btw
For me this type of stories seem so strange and sort of ridiculous at a first glance, because I grew up in pre-social media time and I can't even fathom what pressure kids and teens feel nowadays. Yeah, we too had influencers and trendsetters, but all this glamour and perfection was not shoved in our heads 24/7.
I am quitting it forever now I did it for two years and came back this year I didn’t like two months and I am out again couldn’t handle it life is much more than spending time behind a screen than you for this beautiful video
Tash, what a great video ! I was surprised to feel SO calm while watching your video. There is definitely something different about you and I have to say, I have two friends who don't have social media and you can FEEL they don't have them. Or at least, you can feel that also with the people who do have social media but who don't use them very much. Like maximum once a day, a few times a week. They are way more in control. As least, you didn't have this trend on tiktok where people identify as an orange or as a goat haha (omg). I do have social media (instagram mostly) but I put strict rules : I do not use it for personal reasons, it's to promote my activity and talk about what seems important to me. I use it max once a day and for 10 minutes and then I quit. It's been working GREAT so far, I have found a good balance and it's just a tool. But let me tell you, you are brave, because rare are the people who dare to live without social media. Afraid or being lonely, missing a lot of events... So bravo ! You seem like a super cool girl ! :D
Ohh I can feel this in my heart thank you!😭🫶🏼 That’s so good that you have boundaries that work for you, that’s inspiring to me. Just goes to show that you can find your personal strategies with social media use🙌
Great video and i love how real you are. I am not ready to quit social media just yet. If anyone uses an android phone theres an app called "lock me out" which has been game changing for me. Ive been using it for a few months now. It's completely free and you can block certain apps/sites at particular times of the day and also by location. So when im at home i block SM until 11 am and i also block news websites until 5 pm. The news is really depressing these days. There is a lot of good in the world which includes spending time with friends. No point getting sad over something you cant control. We have to limit our social media and news consumption to have any chance of being happy in life.
I deleted Instagram (my main social media I don’t have any other) a lot of times but I always came back to it. Recently I’ve been struggling with my self image, I’m always comparing myself to others especially woman, I’m getting more and more jealous and I lately I’ve been feeling so bad about myself that I decided to delete once again but now it’s like for a long run I’m not in “I will do a detox for a month ” I genuinely want to stop Instagram for good and I’ve been watching more and more videos like this and it’s so encouraging to continue my journey even tho it’s so hard because I’ve been experiencing fomo something I didn’t know I had 😅 but thanks for the video and for sharing it’s amazing I’m feeling less lonely in this process so thanks 🙏🏽
i can relate to this video so muchh i quit social media a year ago and this video is making me more excited for whats next in my journey because i definitely have passed the wanting to go back feeling i feel so at peace without it but the fear of being the odd one out at college is what made me watch this
I quitted social media at the beginning of this year, it’s been almost six months, It was definitely a big difference in my life, I feel now more present (that was one of the reasons of why I deleted social media), I definitely feel more lonely but that has helped me to know myself better, I have control of my time and what I do with it, I feel more concentrated and productive, I though that It was going to be harder but by the first month I didn’t felt the need to know about others life and what was going on, now I’m thinking in downloading ig again just cause I want to post some photos and stories from a trip I’ll have, but it just doesn’t feel okay anymore I’ve been feeling really good without it that I’m afraid if I download it again it will mess the progress I have
I truly can't tell if I'm unbelievably naive or deeply self-absorbed or mildly wise ... but it never occurred to me to give a shit about what other people are doing / wearing / consuming ...
I just deleted Twitter and Facebook; I have no other accounts except for RU-vid because I need to watch videos, especially since I have no receiver, so I rely on RU-vid to stay informed. Actually, I want to clarify whether you're real or fake like most people. Usually, I see people claim they've quit social media, but they still have Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and other accounts in their description, funny, anyway you are beautiful be happy and be real
Hi there! I loved your perspective. I began my social media detox journey in around early March of this year and have never felt better. It was rough in the beginning because everyone would ask me things like "Hey, did you block me?" and I had to answer with "Oh no, I just deactivated" and then I would get this weird look. For me, social media has always been a toxic place from unrealistic beauty standards to people who only text to ask for notes. I think detoxing is the best descision I've ever made along with quitting music. I have a lot more time now and I'm working on my health, fitness, religion and studies. I'm so happy and I would really encourage everyone to do the same. I'm so proud of you for making it to 6 years! Thank you for spreading more awareness and sorry about the long comment!!
The think she said about knowing people through social media. It's so true. We see all these wannabees on social media & think that's who they really are. Such a false sense of judgement & a false sense of self. It's my 3rd week.
I just deactivated my Instagram and Facebook. I didn't delete fb fully because i wanted to stay in touch with the close people who's number i don't have. I only had it to see who's coming at festivals or conventions like facts/comic con. But i can hear it from my good friends anyway! it's such a good feeling! so proud of you how you do this for like 6 years! you got all my respect!
I deleted Instagram and TikTok in March for the sole purpose of avoiding Taylor swift eras tour spoilers, and it's been really nice to have that detox, though I still plan on downloading it again after I go to the concert in june
After deleting all the socials RU-vid is now acting as an addiction - as it is full of content of every genre . Can you make a video on how to use youtube wisely !!🍭
This channel can be completely focused on helping people to get the hell out of social media please. That would help humanity right now. It would be a great positive impact
I've been watching your videos and I'm proud of you, I'm 24 and I've had social media since 2011 I think, I deleted TikTok a few days ago, now I'm about to delete Instagram and Twitter, I just feel that I waste my time scrolling through social media instead of doing other things like reading, exercise, hang out with friends. Thanks for sharing your experience, I hope to see more content like this, you are an inspiration for me and many other people.
@@Tashorange 😊 I also wanted to ask you how your relationship with your phone is now that you deleted social media, as many people struggle with phone addiction, obviously this is because of social media, sometimes I just pick up my phone although I don't need to. Now that I am about to delete fb, inst, tw, I'd like your advice 🙏🏻
Definitely agree with some of your points!! Like actually connecting with people in person or texting/ phone call FaceTime ect. 😮💨😕 rn I mostly use social media for reels only and/or to talk to some of my friends, but def. have been considering on permanently deleting ig … I would just have to go and save all my archives for my memories bc I have some really good ones 😮💨
I haven’t had social media for about 3 years now, and it does take a long time to wean yourself off of learned behaviors from social media. With that said, I would never go back to having social media steal time from my life with dismal ROI. Yes, you have to be with yourself and face the internal struggles that you may have used social media as a bandaid for. Also, the worst part is you realize how much you’ve changed but how the world hasn’t. It’s okay though, I think you’re better off in the end without a fictional reality of socials.
I hate that it showed an insta ad for me before this video. Don't get why there is social media ads for even more people to get on than there already is. I love this video.
I'll be turning 23 soon I wish I had it in me to delete social media when I was a teen would have saved me from so much agony of pretending to be perfect. I deleted my Twitter account first just because I didn't use it much in march/april. After that I don't know what happened but I was done with Instagram too it'll be a month since I left insta on june 3rd. I'm not gonna lie it's a little scary but at the same time I'm just sick of it, it's just one hell of a pretentious place that I don't want to be a part of anymore. I'll be deleting my snap account by the end of this month :) It's scary but I'm more sacred of what my life would end up looking like if I stayed.
I am happy after knowing that I am out of that crowd who are totally in( say trapped🤗🤗) of social media. I never used Instagram or Twitter or Snapchat becz I know how people just get into it too much ( I think they really don't look at their dark side so that they can improve themselves but they come on social media to get some happy moments and ignoring their dark sides which in turn make them worst in future) (It's all my thinking.) Feeling Happy to share. An IITian from India.
Thank you for sharing that’s so beautifully said! That dark side is so hard to come face to face with because it entails rebooting self-worth and values.. Not exactly the first thing someone wants to do🤗
It’s been 22 months since I left social media. I have no regrets at all. I got sick of people gossiping, drama, negativity & people faking their lives & friendships and sharing everything that should be private or craving attention with provocative pictures & selfies. A number of things I realised: 1. People who added me as “Friends” didn’t really care about me. They were “So called Friends” 2. When I was going through my hardest times, including anxiety, upset, trauma and stress, Nobody was REALLY there for me or reached out to me. I suffered loneliness 3. Certain posts or videos get blown out of proportion or completely taken out of context even if it’s nothing negative. 4. People lie about the amount of friends they REALLY have. Who in the REAL world has 100s or 1000s of friends WHO?? 5. Communication is very one sided. The same person had to make the first move to start a conversation as the other person doesn’t make an effort themselves or can’t be bothered. 6. People lie about their lives, they only show the positive side of theirs lives which doesn’t show the real truth about the person. You can’t tell and don’t see if someone is REALLY depressed, upset, isolated, lonely, feeling suicidal or what’s actually going on in their actual lives. Even if people post how they really feel, people don’t always care. 7. It makes people fake and insecure. 8. People compare themselves to others just to get more “likes” & comments. 9. Social media has increased loneliness, isolation. Anxiety and depression which can be severe. 10. Due to social media and the increase in technology, it’s causing destruction & destroying peoples lives in the sense of their is no sense of unity, community, love and nobody wants to help each other. If they see someone doing something constructive and productive and they’re doing well, people will laugh at them in an act of ignorance, and cannot wait for them to fall down. 11. Having a proper conversation or being real is considered not normal and people think it’s creepy. People don’t like having real conversations 12. It’s made people to be narcissists & self entitlement & ignorant, prejudice and bullies. 13. People can say things or make comments that are abusive, racist, sexist, ignorant, prejudice, misogynist, homophobia, xenophobia, discrimination openly online, rather than to your face. 14. I have seen Boys & Girls take provocative, selfies / pictures to get attention from so called friends / strangers, sometimes in a negative way, for example, woman having their chests hanging out, body image, men & women showing off muscles, six pack & more. 15. With social media & the young generation with regards to friendships, people feel that if they add someone as friend request and they accept it, they automatically think that’s “friends for life” people need to realise that’s not how friendship really works. I never had TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. Glad I didn’t sign up to any of them. Facebook was the only social media platform I had and it was recommended to me back when I was in my 20s. I only use RU-vid as I can look at interesting things like cooking recipes and motivation videos and music videos of festivals & concerts and more fun stuff. I enjoy going out in nature, going for walks, bowling listening to music and learning new hobbies and watching movies. Since leaving it’s been the best decision of my life. I enjoy life more, I can now enjoy doing the things I do or want to try without being judged or told what to do without being made to feel guilty. I feel more happier and a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I think if social media disappeared forever, I can guarantee people will spend real quality time with friends and family. People will know who their real friends are and that they will do things together and have a good time doing it. I also feel that people will have proper conversations.
I don't know if I am the only one but since I deleted social media I ruminate a lot things I watched or read on it. It's even hard to concentrate on important task because I feel the negative emotions which come with it .
1 month w/o social medias as a challenge, installed em back i realized how toxic and fake it is and uninstalled em back. I decided to quit for good, focus more on my life; travellig, read, being productive
hey thank you for making this, I have deleted facebook and instagram and I want to keep it this way. If I can make it to the 19th of June, both of my accounts will be permenantly deleted so I just need to make it to that date.
Hi, i have some questions. What are the criterias and what apps do you consider social media? Because i think of RU-vid as a social media app since we are able to interact with other humans. What's your source of news or how do you get to know about the world? I undersrand newspapers exist but i prefer to read Twitter to be able to have access to differentes perspectives but also things that i need to confirm immediatly like traffic situations. How do you keep in contact with your friends/inform yourself about concerts, movies or local events? This maybe go along with the first question, i also understand WhatsApp as social media, lol. I've given myself social media breaks but this 3 cons keep me getting back. I would love to see your input on this so maybe i can try it one more time but permanently.
I quit social media too for couple months but, actually, I don’t remember for how long exactly but I really feel right, inwardly, my life became better and I see no reason to redownload it anymore
I know I said I was gonna do it but then I didn’t but this time I really am bc I just want to find happiness with in myself and starting doing things for myself ❤
