Why people are choosing to quit social media | BBC Ideas 

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Isn't you tube another form of social media??

Great video!

More shows like this are needed on prime time tv. I think a video about phone addiction would be awesome as people need to learn that the phone is a tool and works for you NOT the other way around.

The so called music is drowning out the voices of the people. Please redo the video as it seems like an interesting topic.

Yes. Completely worth it.

Yes! Hard to let go of but once you do your mind just frees up so much and you see much better you are without it.

@@JohnsonKayla12 exactly.

Tell me about it !!!

Reasons why I quitted fb and whatsapp

i miss those days. i HATE when i talk to someone and they are like "i'll add you on FB or message you the link later on messenger or whatever the hell" and then i have to say that i don't use facebook and they look at me like i'm an Alien or have been living under a rock this whole time or something, it's so annoying. Facebook is a waste of time, it only made me worry about stuff i shouldn't even be worrying about and get paranoid about stupid stuff!

ADCF Productions I agree! I didn’t have Facebook for years after everyone I knew had it, and I would get the same look , like I was from outer space for not having it. I’m about to clean mine out, and maybe get rid of it altogether.

@@ADCFproductions I deleted the apps Facebook, Messenger and Instagram off my phone earlier this year and I only log in to promote the content I make on RU-vid. Other than that I don't log in and hoping one day I'll have a marketing team or something so I can eventually not have to log in at all.

@@msims1081 that's my goal as well. We can get there! 💪

Not just fine but better!!

honestly want to so bad - I've quit instagram, I still have reddit. I don't wanna quit discord but I wanna leave all the large servers so it's just for communicating with actual friends.

@@georgeguiney3454 you’ll get there, you just gotta realise you don’t really need them

I'm 18 years old now and up until 2 years ago I had great struggles with my attention span. I used Twitter/Instagram etc. instead of doing something for school and overall my screentime was immense. I knew that I had to change something, so I quit. To this day I only use WhatsApp and Discord for communication purposes, but it is still hard to draw a line for me. Is watching this video "crossing the line" that I've set up myself? I try to distinguish between videos that have some kind of educational content and videos that don't, though I'd like to quit RU-vid as well...

Me too. Honestly I feel so fortunate that I didn't get trapped in that sh*t.

wtf u doin here mate? this is social media, innit?

Hey me too! ❤ I don’t even want to imagine the damage being on social media did to peoples mental health during those awful years.

That is great and social media can be a big curse. I hardly use it now and only kept instagram to message my friends but that is it. I use mainly email and what’s app to keep in touch with my friends. But I don’t use anything else. It has gotten out of hand.

Toxicity is a perfect word for it! Full of hatred, politics, and opposition! It’s Gatorade for the bored and angry.

Advertising , criminals wanna be"s ..

Yeah, like for example, you say a word against a Star Wars fan who hated the new contents, they'd just wish you were tarred and feathered. Even so, they refuse to admit that they are having mental issues. Just feel alienated by such a small contingent of disagreeable people, that it'd just keep getting worse as long as you keep arguing. BTW, If you don't like the new stuff, but not resorting to such hateful antics, like calling people "Woke" or "Shill", then I'm not talking about you, just so you know. This is coming from a moderate conservative who does not vote for Trump because of his bad behavior.

Yes. It used to be fun

very true- those two words summarize it!

Yup!! The world has gone mental, couldn't agree more!

And Still , people not using such toxic platforms are termed 'anti- social'.

Facts that’s backwards an crazy

Sick

Deleting your facebook is the modern punk my friend

True 🙏❤️

And now, I'm alcoholic... 🤣🤣🤣

@@rikke.m4v Why? How old are you? Maybe it's depression?

Yup and I did not use it much anyways. I finally deleted my Facebook account and feel so much better. I only use whats app and instagram to keep in touch with friends. Oh and email and RU-vid but that is it.

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj Are you from Vietnam?

I'm not completely off from social media, just not using biggest social platform like Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok. I remember a friend was asking me how do you live without it. Yeah, they're asking seriously about it, i feel i'm completely normal and still keep in touch with my relatives without needing of those platforms.

I hope in future social media can be given less priority by people .

@@pahlevymu Exactly and if anytime meant something to you then you don’t need those big platforms to keep in touch. How did we keep in touch back then with no social media then?

@@Pudding_zip I think it is will as it is a trend that will die down sooner or later. Many are already sick of it.

I feel u bro. Even in my school, when people got to know that I had no social media account, they just looked at me like as if I just came outta Stone age

Stay strong Leonard

Olivia Chimdalu Nwosu thanks 🙏🏾 have a good day

Legend!!

The mass of men lead quiet lives of desperation. HDT :)

@@NC-xt7ie Stay away from porn too. Porn destroys your mind.

Validation is why most people are still on these apps, I'm glad you've actually realized that cause a lot of people wouldn't.

I think that’s a great first step. I think that you should embark on your own journey and you’ll find that social media can be used for beautiful things - but if the people you follow are vapid - it feels empty. You have to create your own world on it or else it will devour yer shit.

Thats a good point about validation.. I found myself posting pictures just so I could get a "like" from people.. Had to question that recently.. Im 41 years old, not 15..✌

Total true!!

@@grievous5243 yes. 100% agree

What are you doing now?

@@sandeepvlog3229 lol living his life?

Me too and I feel so much better after deleting Facebook. Social media can be such a curse.

So true and I only have instagram to keep in touch with friends but don’t post anything. Besides that I only use Whats app and email to keep in touch with friends and family but that is it. I also use RU-vid for listening to music and watching various videos but that is it. Life without excessive social media is so much better as it does more harm than good.

YES!! Glad you realized this at such a young age. Keep it up!

I quit at 25. Now I am almost 29. I only have whatsapp, my “friends” thought I was weird at first or new acquaintances. Now they all get used to it. If people really want to know about me, they would just ask me out directly.

Kudos to you @MrJamesdryable

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I'm happy for you . I'm 18 and I quit social media few months ago

it created cancel culture.

l l it created depression, anxiety, lack of social interaction, and suck the fun out of what it was like to be a kid. Remember the good old days when you had to physically go to your friends house or just instinctively assume your friends will meet at the same place at the same time without having to shoot a text. Or even just going to their door and seeing if they want to hang out. I miss those days.

@@mr.bubbles9837 i swear

You are right. Especially Facebook

I deleted Facebook in 2012 and I’ve not missed it at all. Friends keep asking me to get it but I’m not going to. Everyone that’s worth getting in contact with I have their phone number so 🤷🏻‍♂️

Yup, that was how I grew up in the 80s and 90s with no social media. Life was more real and fulfilling. Social media can really take a toll on your mental health and wellbeing. I deleted y Facebook account and feel so much better now..

Same here

Indeed, using it as an educational tool

Yeah same here

True

Yes truth RU-vid is my school too😁

😂 👍🏼

Same. They are much smarter😉

You are so Fabulous for that comment! Now God Save RU-vid!

My man

Woow

ou yes! That’s so good. No one can make any assumptions of me by my social media . that’s why it’s deleted lol 😂

"you have to literally know me to know me" YES

Great

Oh yes absolutely mia Absolutely

This. I wish I could upvote this comment more. They always tell me “why you don’t have any social media? I can’t find anything about you beyond your work or things related to your education” And I tell them “You want to know something about me, or get to know me, I’m here in the real world not in the virtual one”

I think Twitter blocked something from Trump. They HATE him. Who the hell addresses the nation through twitter anyway.

🙌🏼

Right 👏

Social media is nothing but bs.

Me too everyone always wanna one up each other no authenticity

Good comment and hope things are good for you now I only have u tube

Me last dec👍👍👍

@@hiyuu3499 hi do what you feel is right if u don't want a vaccine don't its your choice I will not be having a covid test or vaccine I am 56 year's old and like you old enough to make your own decisions make your own choices and stick to it Good luck 👍

how can you react when you deleted social media?

2 minutes ago I deleted it

Deep Mind X yep, i'm still on here to reply your comment 😜. But honestly, i love all videos and platforms of BBC and i love British accent too. Here why i'm still using RU-vid every single day!!

Thanks Nam! 😀

@@bbcideas Big love from Vietnam 🤎

Same

Me too except RU-vid!!!

Yes I miss the olden days when none of this existed.

It depends on what kind of work you have. If you must use it, use it with caution. Many clearly don’t need it for work but just for entertainment purposes so can live better without it.

It's a hassle for few years bro once you get enough long-term clients then it's all about Emails... And who knows if you got a big package as a full time in any company... Don't be sad you'll get a long term client in the upcoming months I'm gonna pray for you❤❤❤

I did! Many times... till I realize I was attracting pity...and that is the worse feeling a human can ever have towards another.

I know Sista, so sick of the virtual BS

Nope. It’s all altered personality’s.

Yes it's true, because everyone wants to show that how his/her life is better than others

And if they do it’s mostly for attention seeking

U will love it. Deleted mines months ago and my peace is back

I quit some social media apps (instagram and snapchat) 4 years ago... at the start, you may have the FOMO but thats only for a short time!! the long terms benefits are great! good luck!! :)

At first it's hard, but hang in there and good luck :)

Muhaaa

@@sadafshahaba7853 yes I did it that way too, I quit Instagram, Facebook and twitter 3 months ago.. Only kept WhatsApp for professional purposes and it's too good for the brain, felt light as ever..

Same here but I still use whats app and instagram to keep in touch with friends. I use email and of course RU-vid too but that is it. We don’t need all of this excess social media stuff.

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj you're right mate. And try to avoid IG also, it's most harmful social media platform for our brain. You don't need ig for keeping friends close, real friends keeps close anyways. Don't take seriously the virtual e-friends. But most of the time we need WhatsApp, but I can also live without that

beautiful

@Kunal Mazumdar Yup ABSOLUTELY, thats how i have been feeling lately i am deleting all of them at this right time.

Salim true people forget that they are day and night

Ok..this i agree

People been comparing for centuries before the first gun was invented before the great pyramids was built humans been comparing each other

Right dude

😍 well said .. 👌

Lucky you did it earlier. Some people are addicited to get attention then they post something fake. They lie to everyone, even themselves. How can we be happy with lies?

We got the same reasons..I thought it was my feeling only..and I feel bad when I feel all those things..I didn't realize, others feel it too.. When I shut all my medsoc, then I realize, I step in a real world..

@@n_hidayatullah2510 indo juga?

Very true

❤

Yay and glad you are realizing the negative affects of social media. Life is better without it.

I’m so thankful more people are unplugging and realizing how crap social media is!

Amen

Some of the people on my FB weren't even my friends. They were coworkers who would get drunk and act stupid. They were people making fun of my Faith or supporting social movements that are absolutely vile and inhumane.

YESSSSSS IT IS LIBERATINGGGGGG

Am happy am not mad I have people that thinks like myself. Good.

And I suffer from anxiety.I cut off my social media and what a relief!

That's a smart move

Great going

Hope you are feeling good .. have a good day 😄

Same. I've been suffering from anxiety and depression since forever and being on social media just made it worse, so I'm on a media detox until I'm in a good place both mentally and physically.

LinkedIn is mostly used for job hunting. RU-vid is for watching videos.

And you’ve literally just posted this comment on social media 🤔

@@ablewilling2778 I disagree with the conclusion that youtube is a social media site. I do not have any friends on youtube compared to Facebook where you have so-called friends and upcoming events in private chat groups. Sure RU-vid does have some attributes of social media but in my opinion it is not social media site but a video content site.

@@ablewilling2778 Video platform.

Same exactly the same

That's great

is it weird to encourage you to start a podcast?

@@debbystellavision3291 that is not weird at all and in fact something I would love to do in the future. I want to spread the word to as many people as I can. Thanks for bringing that up.

Bean Sauce No worries and good luck :)

Aleast u been honest an that shows right dere that social media’s platform is really evil when it dose something too folks mindset an self esteem

So true!!! All those times when you open up Facebook insta Twitter etc all you see is people getting hitched, having babies, parties etc... It's not that I am dying to get married and have a baby, some people prefer to have career and have stable lifestyle before getting married so as not to be completely dependent on their husband, but the whole show off on platform and people constantly asking you when you getting hitched kind of creates so much frustration and jelousy at some moments, one feels left out with the whole culture

@@sangeethav4674 yeah, it's fake book not Facebook. People trying to project how happy they are. Also why should you share everything with others.

Sæm, it made a great difference right? 😊

@@Dopaaamine27 I thought the biggest achievement I had earned till date was my career that I loved to share to my friends whom I don't contact often would feel great, but off lately even that seems so unnecessary 🥴... Nobody even bothers unless one puts up a photo full of make up and photoshop, with all fake hapiness... Even weddings these days are just to show off to friends, not to have a married life

Download educational/useful videos and then turn your data off. Or just remove it temporarily if you can't have self control

You can don't wish you can do it

Same

Ditto! I quit social media for the same reason. But I will never quit RU-vid. It's not like social media. RU-vid gives me education and entertainment.

True

What you mean by comparing your life with others

@@txee7626 Well, speaking for myself, whenever I scroll down my Instagram or Facebook feed, I get the sense that my life has stagnated when everyone else is having a gala time. My real disillusionment with social media began when I began meeting the people I see on social media a little more often in real life and realized that nearly everything I knew or had assumed about them by looking at their profiles was a lie. Those people had far less knowledge, had done far less in life, and travelled to fewer places than I thought. One of my social media "friends", as it turned out, was posting literally every picture of herself after a ton of editing and didn't even look like I had imagined. So why talk to the digital image of a person when you have to meet them in person and change your mind anyway?

@@vatsalsaxena8813 we all do it sub consciously

Vatsal Saxena for me it is exactly the opposite. I feel so happy when I see happy people, when I see them having fun, traveling, especially those that are from my town. There are some people that were my friends when I was a child and they left the city to study in the capital. I feel so happy to see how much they achieved, I feel so proud of them. What makes me sad is to see violence, crime, sexism, prejudice. Seeing people happy, traveling and achieving things make happy even I haven’t achieved that much.

Emotional Abuse & Recovery facts

True specially when you’re so out of negativity and toxicity of social media.

So true. I was never big on them anyway but even a little made me cranky.

Ikr! That moment when you suddenly realise you are not the only one!😅

Out of sight out of mind

Exactly, my friends keep calling me weirdo and asking why would I “withdraw” from the world by quitting social media 😂. I was 25 when I quit social media and now I’m 27, I actually forgot it was there during the past years without it. still enjoy every single peace moment in my life 😊

Including the personal development industry.

Satan's industry would plummid

And industries know this,

@YourBakaSenpai is the self help industry really toxic

Never gonna happen anytime soon, unfortunately. Sorry

I only kept Instagram to text my friends and don’t really post anything. I deleted Facebook as it cursed me. Life is so much more free and better without social media.

My too, trying to quit RU-vid

Same - I still like RU-vid but in moderation

Me too I like RU-vid better

Same here I use youtube to watch lectures and listen to music thats all. Sometimes I take a glimpse at the news, besides that im social media free.

👍👍👍👍👍I am going to do the same shortly

Amen!

It borders on rude

It’s really based on competition too, the account that got more followers, photos that got more likes

EPIC truth!!!

@R S123 really

That is true

​@R S123 Yeah, and how everyone is so hot because of filters, and everyone is so happy all the time and travelling and driving awesome cars in awesome places and everything... it's not real life, and we subconsciously compare ourselves to this crap and it messes people up.

Exactly

Cope

I've been having politics recommended to me a lot lately, I watched a few and it's all toxic right down to the comments. I've realized this mindset is always stuck on the internet, sure it can slip into real life but I imagine RU-vid comments don't reflect humanity as a whole

💯💯

Same

There should be alternatives to social media then..

Yep, same. I remember back in 6th grade (2005) when MySpace was still popular my best friend Alex told me about it and encouraged me to make one. I did but got bored a few months later and never went back. I rather ride bikes with friends or play video games, GTA San Andreas was my time sponge!! All those cheats to enable, open world map. I sank 500+ hours easy. 😁👍

I never use social media, and what you said has a point. Social Media's for suckers.

Me too

RU-vid - Yes, RU-vid is considered a social media platform. What’s more, it is also the 2nd most-used search engine following Google. Yes, we did say “search engine”. For the record, RU-vid is used in this fashion primarily by the younger generation, and not as frequently as those who might actually have the resources to become a customer. (titangrowth.com) i sense an irony here

It is

Correct bro.

RU-vid is also social media, but I understand that. I've also left all the rest of social media. I need RU-vid for my language learning. :)

@@1968RIP the particular thing about RU-vid is that it can be what ever you want,it can be social media if you choose to follow those fake people who try to show you how good there life is or a learning platform if you choose mentors,education channel,that's what make it great to my eyes

the problem is it's hard to make in-person friends these days. people don't answer calls or drop by like they used to. I've deleted and reuploaded apps again and again over the last 20 years, and i'm coming to the conclusion that it's so enmeshed in our world that its influence is inescapable.

@Adarsh Kumar that is like saying someone has weak willpower because they decided to get internet service. it's ubiquitous at this point. some industries require you to have a social media presence.

me too bro

White people are not your bro and Sister .. you are racially,mentally and religiously different from them

Sumit this comment literally had nothing to do with race and religion so that whole thing you just said really doesn’t make sense.

@@Sumit-sp1fr Wow. Where did that come from? Poor you...you have some serious issues that you need to deal with. Glad I'm not you. : (

@@azaliahangulo I tell you how it is different White countries namely US, Europe, Aussie, New Zealand etc. They don't give Indian visa . This dude Krishna is an Indian .. 80 % is visa rejection rate for Indians .. It is practically simple a white can easily enter India stay there without any hassle and Indians on other hands won't be given visa .It is discrimination so White people and their white world is not Indians brothers and Sister plain and simple to comprehend.

I remember it to, facebook designe back then was a bit different, we could tolerate better the bad things. Honeymoon phase ended around 2012 - 2015, when facebook finally got its current design that brings the WORST in peole. People on there are like on drugs, it's that much emotionally and politically driven.

RU-vid is great and I'll always stand by that comment. However, I can't stand any of the other social media platforms. Awful and toxic. I agree with everything you said.

Ur right

Im with you on that, there trying to program us but were not slaves im glad your free

Same

think what we are beginning to see is more and more people realizing that people, real, face to face people, give us sooooooo much more than 5000 Facebook 'friends'. We are designed to be gregarious, we need other people to function and feel purpose.... angry, vicious, self righteous woke idiots on social media platforms are not those people! We are starting to get it, that means you are part of the positive change happening so thank you...and thank yourself too :)

I appreciate your comment.

How do u connect with friends and homies?

@@dang1513 I prefer to see them face to face, but because of quarantine we just call eachother or video chat

That's what I need to do ! Quit social media 4 good !

I think a music producer complained about how whenever they preform live, they get upset over the fact that so many people have their phobes up in the air recording them instead of enjoying the live music. I can honestly say their anger was justified. Imagine working your butt off to make music and peform it live only to be recorded and put online instead.

@@rachelsimbhu4383 hey I tried I am sure you will just prepare yourself for the repercussions I’m sure you will though if you have a iron will 😀

that's the worse part of all Social Media! even if you think you are not comparing yourself to others, you still are! It can bring you down a lot, it's better to stop it completely. I only use Instagram as a photographer but i have to say that sometimes i struggle with this as well.

Exactly. I thought that too and quit all my social media in the lockdown.

Same, although I still have FB, the only thing I check is its messenger so I won't have additional bill on my phone when I'm on wi-fi. I still have Reddit, 9GAG and RU-vid and they're both anonymous. :)

Exactly me! Fb now plays a big part for making people compare themselves with others!

Colleen i hope to God he’s your ex-husband now

almdrs Well said.....

Very true love this though from INDIA

Lol😂😂😂It is indeed true 😄😄

Love

So true!

How do you delete WhatsApp?in my country we don't text we WhatsApp everything pictures videos etc

Yeah, social media can destroy you sense of self.

YES!!!! Exactly. 💜🥰

@@danyalparacha1761 WhatsApp it’s not social media IMO, we use it as a tool to talk to people

Yup and we don’t need social media as it can destroy our lives. I grew up without it so can easily live without it.

Unfortunately, people forgot those exists :( Being online makes me mad and crazy, too.

@Nicole Anne Daniels We never started. I just don't see the benefits unless you want to track some long lost friend down, even then, not a big enough draw for either of us.

That's very true.

Wise decision... The fake relationships and #relationship goals on social media can make you easily turn on your man because what you see on social media makes your relationship look boring or not impressive... Yet you only see one side to a coin

Hats off for quitting social media

Happy for you two ❤ ☺

Well, It's a good time now to pick up a book. 😊

I share the same exact feeling with you. Wow !

Zoe M...I've been a voracious reader all of my life, now not so much. I feel guilty.

After quitting fb I finished Anna Karenina the whole book!😅 and I feel good

That’s so me. I love love books. It’s like an adventure. Something tangible

Uh, you do realize the only reason you can get your point across is through the internet

Dominic McNulty There’s a time and place for everything. Making a RU-vid comment from the comfort of your home isn’t comparable to a family all on their phones at a restaurant. He also did not make an attack on the internet itself but on how we use it.

@@Chris-hz8lj Well said! Thanks

Seen and heard music producers complain about how people don't even enjoy live music anymore. They just film it and put it up on Facebook or Instagram. Imagine being on stage under a strobe light sweating your nuts off trying to entertain folks just to be filmed and put on Instagram.

@@TheBlackDot00 Reminds me of a guy who needed help fighting off a bunch of thugs in the city center. Instead of anyone helping the poor guy, they just stood back and filmed the thugs all beating on the one outnumbered dude. Kinda common nowadays.

Your story sounds like mine. I quit in 2013 and immediately felt peace. I'm so much more happier now. Social media is toxic.

@@diana_prince_1 how you do that ?

@@dunogew9768 Not sure what you mean? I was heavily active on Facebook and I permanently deleted my account... I was less active on Instagram but also got rid of that as well. I recommend you at least take a break from social media for at least 6 weeks if not more, if you are worried about getting rid of it permanently. You'll see how much better you feel about yourself and life in general, and you won't want to go back.

Facebook gives me anxiety. I deactivated my account with no plans to use it again. I’m thinking of getting rid of Instagram too.

Exactly and I used to use Facebook for a period of time, took breaks, came back and then finally left for good recently. I only keep instagram to text my friends and use whats app to keep in touch with them too. I only kept those and use email and RU-vid but that is it. Social media can really drain you… Life is better without it. We don’t need to advertise our lives to the world as it can come back and haunt us.

Same here

im in this exact situation tbh. so much crying and thinking how i feel like a failure. but i feel better now. i still have my social media on phone but rarely check it and set the notification on mute. my inner peace is the only one that matter now..

Ikr! But most of the time people are faking and I’m the one making myself crazy thinking that I’m not happy as much as them. Social media is a lie!

Oh wow. Damn. I actually felt like one time. I didn't realize that social media was causing that. I also felt like I wasn't moving nowhere when I seen my friends doing stuff in their Facebook posts and getting opportunities. It does have an effect like that on a person. It's hard to quit it because you feel like you need to stay in contact with clientele and people. But technically we don't. Just get their numbers and that's it. Like we did back in the days. Now you have all these networking sites in place. It is hard. At least I can say I never use Instagram (will start using it too post stuff for my projects and that's it) and Twitter. Facebook is my weakness. I need to quit it

I have been through that, I know how you feel. Things will work out!! One day you will look back at this time and think wow, why was I stressing so much.

Dedicated 👌🏻👏

My next challenge is Get rid these high tech phones or High tech without Data

Good thing. I deleted my facebook account 10 years ago and I'm so happy i did that.

Same age and I quit around the same time

Good for you

Same here how is it going? Been 2 months stay strong

Same here how is it going? Been 2 months stay strong

Ellanora well said... while reading comments of people I'm realizing to be less on social media

And what do you do here? RU-vid is also social media

@@Berliner90 but for me it's a teacher..u can see my channel..i learnt editing through RU-vid only....u can see the improvement

I never even started with social media! I have freedom! I like to connect with real people in real time. Also, appreciate (and guard) alone-time and quiet-time. Going out for a walk and breathing in fresh air is liberating 🌳🌞🌳 Spread the word 🌷🌹🌞

@@margalitvanbergen6620 Yes it is freedom and people who are addicted will never know this liberating feeling. I wish you luck my friend, stay safe 🙏🏼

5 years gone w/out fb... I am happier than before

@@SonyaKBhatti but still using whatsapp. ok Gimme Nmbr🤗.

Hi It would be great if you could shed some light on how and when you decided to quit those social media platforms? What triggered you to do that? And also, do tell us how did you avoid the urge of constantly being on FB/IG? Regards Safwath

Im not sure if you are old enough to remember Yahoo messenger or MSN messenger ...

Mason I experienced both entirely phase out

@@masonsamuels347 how about mIRC? lol

me too

Well that's good then we're all like-minded on this because I've been going through the same thing and I'm taking a break from it for 30 days and by that time I may just end up totally not going back on it's gotten to a point where it's just absolutely ridiculous. Thank you to all of you that feel the same way and I'm actually a follower of Christ and what I've been noticing about Christian group and Christian Post and things like that that have to do with the Bible and other topics besides the Bible are being Censored so bad that it's not worth the time or effort to be on there anymore. Take your data and sell it and turn right around and make you work to get noticed or liked by what you post and even make you pay to play as Facebook calls it. 1. Friend requests have decreased from 2017 2. Likes have decreased from 2020 3. Post content becomes invisible because of the Algorithims. Depending on what is posted there is a good likelihood your content will be completely invisible so others won't see it this is the sad reality now.

You're so right! Even by unfollowing those people and pages you cannot get away from it, so better leave it all together, focus on the moment and make the best of it as we used to :)

Exactly so true! Perfect time to implement this

Yup, now is a great time. I was riled up every single day, and I thought I needed to be because that was a part of staying informed. But I wasn’t really doing anything about it, so I was really just ruining my own day. I decided that unless I was going to do something about the constant stream of info, it would make no difference if I just disengaged and focussed on getting my life together, which was already a mess. It’s been a week now and I feel so much better.