I don't really know what social media is well enough to say I would go without it. I am simplifying it and getting off Facebook though (Strangely about a mont

I don't really know what social media is well enough to say I would go without it. I am simplifying it and getting off Facebook though (Strangely about a month ago I just quit signing on-- I suppose I should announce to people that I am no longer going to be there.) But social media can be a larger thing. Email lists, discussion forums like this, blogs, etc. Some of those are central to my ability to stay informed and some are central to my actual productive work. I don't know you can separate email lists from something like Hackers News. So I am separating things into three piles. 1) Discard: Facebook 2) Check 1-2 times/day (HN, a few blogs) 3) Check occasionally (LinkedIn, etc) I haven't gotten on the Twitter bandwagon, so I don't have any experience with that.