I understand your POV on this, I quit social media relatively silently[1]. From my POV, ex-social-media-addict now "clean" for 838 days[2], there is a strong de

I understand your POV on this, I quit social media relatively silently[1]. From my POV, ex-social-media-addict now "clean" for 838 days[2], there is a strong degree of FOMO attached to not being on SM. Here are a few examples of where I wish I had "told folks" that I was quitting: * For the first 9 months folks would often say: "I missed you at my such-and-such event last month", and I would reply: "email me next time". Perhaps if I had quit loudly I'd have felt less FOMO-y and been invited to more events. * Births / Deaths / Marriages; I'm completely out of the loop, which is almost always a worse off situation. I've come to learn that I want to know sooner rather than later when folks have died because going through grief a week or two after other folks absolutely sucks. I wonder if I quit loudly folks would reach out more proactively in these situations? * Generally feeling connected: a "personal talent" of mine is a relatively strong ability to remember what I read about folks on their FB timelines. Without that I feel pretty disconnected; and there are a lot of folks I "miss" as a result. Would this have been different if I quit in the open? Would folks have said: "oh you can follow my photo stream and see what I'm up to?" That final example, when coupled with deaths, is particularly acute. You're left wondering whether you could have helped prevent self harm, etc. [1] https://twitter.com/ossareh/status/1133957584153694214 https://twitter.com/ossareh/status/1133957584153694214 [2] I mean this jovially, apologies to anyone that struggles with a more manifest addiction if this phrasing comes across as trite.