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A lot of my friends use social media to stay in touch. Not being on social media would keep me out of the loop, which is not desirable. I try to restrict its us
by MonAlternatiu 6y ago
A lot of my friends use social media to stay in touch. Not being on social media would keep me out of the loop, which is not desirable. I try to restrict its usage as much as possible though.
- umvi 6y agoCollect alternative methods of staying in touch with friends you care about before leaving social media (phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, etc.)
- ryandrake 6y agoYea. If your friends will abandon you just because you’re not on social media anymore, then I have bad news for you: they probably aren’t really your friends. When I ditched Facebook about 10 years ago, I lost contact with a whole bunch of people who weren't really part of my life anyway, they were simply "names I recognized." My social life actually got better after dropping social media simply because I'm spending less time scrolling in front of a screen.
- MonAlternatiu 6y ago> If your friends will abandon you just because you’re not on social media anymore That's a very binary view of the world that I don't share. But that's not a topic I want to get into. Can you keep in touch with a certain group of friends through non-social media platforms? Absolutely. I do it daily, but that's not the point. The point is that staying away from these social media platforms reduces your ability to have a social life. It's quite like saying that you decrease your chances of finding work without a driving license or cellphone number. I could probably get away without social media today (modulo telegram/whatsapp). But at what point would I surrender? Most people of my generation use it, and it looks like newer generations will have even higher usages.