I feel the same, for the most part. I quit social media during the pandemic early on and didn't even post to say I wouldn't respond anymore. I didn't delete m

I feel the same, for the most part. I quit social media during the pandemic early on and didn't even post to say I wouldn't respond anymore. I didn't delete my account, I just deleted the apps and I no longer visit any of the sites. I never blogged about it, and while I'm open about it and have told a few people directly so they would use alternative paths to contact me, it just doesn't seem like a story I need to share widely. I realize the irony in saying that while writing this comment. Point is, I found that social media was mostly feeding a need I had to be "on display" or "performing" that I used to get in person pre-pandemic by "holding court" in group settings and leading interesting conversations. After making that realization, it caused me to rethink the behavior altogether. I still comment on HN and read HN daily, but this is basically the only site I go on now that's akin to social media. Blogging about quitting social media would have just been me doing this same behavior in another pathway. To a large degree, I feel like that's the "point" of social media. To make us crave attention and to act out specifically to get attention and it's bled into everyday life and in-person interactions.