I bailed out of social media and while I can see how people will value that kind of interaction, I’ve felt a whole heap better forming closer connections and pu

I bailed out of social media and while I can see how people will value that kind of interaction, I’ve felt a whole heap better forming closer connections and putting the effort into maintaining them. For me personally, I didn’t see much value in getting second hand info from Facebook. It felt too impersonal and distant. If I cared about someone getting pregnant or married or whatever I would have preferred the direct conversation over the social optimisation of receiving a broadcast. And if we weren’t close enough for that, then I’m sure it’d come up in conversation at some point. No need to be looking out for an announcement. Getting rid of social media was basically my decision to cultivate a small handful of meaningful, high quality relationships over a much larger number of less meaningful associations. I see a lot more people in person now I’ve done that. As an aside, it was as if one aspect of my depression was fuelled by having too much of the rest of the world in my head and not enough of myself, so it was a great move for self-care too.