I quit Facebook ten years ago, Twitter two years ago and Reddit one year ago, deleting all my accounts. It's been great, no downsides whatsoever. There are a h

I quit Facebook ten years ago, Twitter two years ago and Reddit one year ago, deleting all my accounts. It's been great, no downsides whatsoever. There are a handful of niche hobbyist forums that I still have accounts on, but I don't consider those to be social media, in that they're not psychologically manipulating me to engage. That said, I'll still browse Reddit and Twitter for specific purposes occasionally, but I don't feel compelled to participate any more. Just feels like a waste of time. Instead I've been using my free time creatively: writing software, composing music, reading actual physical books. To anyone trapped in the social media bubble, I would recommend giving it all up. When you die, no-one will give a damn about your tweets, Facebook posts, Twitter comments. It's worthless chatter, done to feed the advertising machine. You don't need it.