Lemmy is the only thing close to social media that I have. Very possible, and I honestly love it.
I’m the same, Lemmy only and like 5 people on snap chat. Wasn’t hard to give up and now I love it.
Another one. Nothing but lemmy, and if it mainstreams (as in, my 70 year old parents used it) I’d stop that too.
This is the only social media I have, before it was Reddit. I haven’t had a Facebook since 2016, I’ve never had any accounts on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, etc ether.
I think it’s totally possible to go without social media if you really want to.Like everyone, lemmy is the app that am mostly using. Maybe because of eternity app.
And am trying to quit every other media as it becomes annoying. Its cluttering my mind.
Do what’s good for you
For some people it means unfollowing toxic accounts and limiting contacts, for others it might mean deleting accounts.
You also don’t have to do it all at once. Unfollow accounts when posts come up, or take a pass through your stuff in a while
That’s actually quite similar to what I’ve been doing. No FB or any of the other platforms since 2015. Only reddit since then and now lemmy. Since August started using Mastodon which I mostly use to post stuff I find interesting, usually articles and whatever I maybe reading about, instead of doomscrolling.
No fb, no twitter, no reddit, no whatsapp, no snapchat. 3 people on Signal, 1 on XMPP. Life was never this wise.
It’s quite easy if you never were (much) on social media to begin with
Yup, I did! Then I joined Lemmy…
Same.
Definitely the same thing
I just never joined any. Used Reddit mostly for entertainment never interaction. Now kbin. I miss nothing and don’t think about it; doing great, thanks for asking;)
I mean would definitely consider Reddit and lemmy social media.
I wouldn’t. There’s no social graph and I’m not social with any of you bastards.
Depends.
Do you have friends? Do they use a social media platform to stay in touch?
If yes and yes, then it would be very hard to let it go, because your friend group would go with it.
If yes and no, it should be easy. But maybe it’s your entertainment so it won’t be easy to quit.
If no and no, you might have a very hard time leaving social media because it’s sold as an opportunity to build up a friend group, and social media can pretend to be a friend group that isn’t really there if you let it.
No and no. And i can’t have friends. I hate friends. I need to be alone forever. 😄
It’s not healthy to be alone forever. Humans need community of some kind (hopefully in person.)
That said, quitting social media is totally possible. Humans have lived without it for the vast majority of our societal existence.
Then I’m confused by your original post. Why would it not be possible for you to quit social media entirely?
The peoples surronded me are using big tech platforms like instagram,twitter,reddit,favebook,etc…
But am on fediverse. They are not here. So am pretty much alone and happy here… thats why it not possible to quit social media for me. Because am considering fediverse as the social media…
I’ve quit pretty much everything but this. People that I want to be able to contact me have my number.
I don’t use any social media. Unless you count Lemmy but I don’t think that’s the same thing, we are anonymous here and I’m not posting pictures or statuses about my personal life.
In any case, social media like Facebook insta etc are doable without. The only regret I have is not having as much contact with extended family as I used to on Facebook.
I was never on it…
Lemmy is my first social media because it’s not driven by big tech.
I quit mainstream social media so that’s good. But now I’m using Lemmy and Mastodon…
What do you think happens? Your head doesn’t explode when you’re not on social media.
No, not all of them. I can’t not use places like this or Youtube.
Sorry… i didn’t understand. What you mean ?
Lemmy is social media. YouTube is social media too
It’s very doable. Life without is basically just your life with more hours in your day.
No, but Lemmy is usually the only one I use irresponsibly. My Instagram and discord use is mostly genuine personal and professional connections. I’ll interact with some real bullshit on here.
