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Could you delete social media?
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I do spend way to much time on social media
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"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any." This is me as well. | |||
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"Well I don't have it, so yes" you have fab thats kinda social | |||
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"I have been hearing from few influencers of how they are thinking of deleting their social media or taking a break from it, like, facebook, instagram, taking a break from it for a week. One said that, even when going to the bathroom they look at updates. I do the same, do you? In the car looking at utube videos, doing anything, scrolling social media. I guess it would be hard for them and those who use it, because social media is their job. I think if it is ones job, it will be difficult to do, but a week off would be great, they mentioned as they could then do more things in the real world, like being more attentive to friends and family, not relaying on it as much as they think they do. What is your screen time like? I dont use it so much. I guess it could be about 1hr or so a week, do you think that we utilize social media, like, do you think we are so addicted to our phones that it is so normal of like, what if I get more work done, what if I am more attentive to other things, what if I am more productive in general. Do you also have utube videos playing when working in the background. do you get distracted a lot by doing it? I guess sometimes. I do. I usually just listen, maybe one gets more productive if turning it off. I dont know, it would be a good social experiment I think, to take a break from it. dont you think? So many questions, could you do it, delete it or take a break from it? I think that I am too addicted to social media. I think I check social media apps too often, so going old turkey would be too hard, maybe a day or 2 without it as most I think.
"Not so much social media as I don't do it really beyond fab But certainly devices. I have it in my hand and look at it way too much. It's a terrible habit and helps program the brain to more bad habits and less good ones. | |||
Outside of the ones I use for my businesses I have no personal social media.
It’s like when I see people boast about Dry January. Really? Giving up, alcohol for 4weeks is a big deal? | |||
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"The only social media I have is Fab and You Tube which I use to listen to music or watch comedy shows." Basically the same, i wouldnt even notice if facebook, insta etc disappeared | |||
"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well." Same here, I found that when I left social media that at first I lost a few friends, and work got a little mistrustful of me, as they couldn't see what I was up to, but that soon pasted, and I had to go a really meet people face to face or ring for a chat. I would never go back as I feel free now and have my own thoughts. | |||
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"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well. Same here, I found that when I left social media that at first I lost a few friends, and work got a little mistrustful of me, as they couldn't see what I was up to, but that soon pasted, and I had to go a really meet people face to face or ring for a chat. I would never go back as I feel free now and have my own thoughts." Mistrust is the big one these days bbbi have a nightmare going to some countries where they ask you surrender your phone / social media accounts. They always pull me into private room for interrogation | |||
"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well. Same here, I found that when I left social media that at first I lost a few friends, and work got a little mistrustful of me, as they couldn't see what I was up to, but that soon pasted, and I had to go a really meet people face to face or ring for a chat. I would never go back as I feel free now and have my own thoughts. Mistrust is the big one these days bbbi have a nightmare going to some countries where they ask you surrender your phone / social media accounts. They always pull me into private room for interrogation " I read that Grin dr had to out warnings up for version countries because of police traps (Qatar for example) which is scary | |||
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"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well. Same here, I found that when I left social media that at first I lost a few friends, and work got a little mistrustful of me, as they couldn't see what I was up to, but that soon pasted, and I had to go a really meet people face to face or ring for a chat. I would never go back as I feel free now and have my own thoughts." Was it hard to do? Break those habits? | |||
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"My social media is all purely for work promotion. Outside of that I don’t use it for my personal life I don’t exist online as me just my work character persona. A few times this has caused issues when having checks done as It’s now deemed very unusual and something to hide if you don’t share your life online it seems " not in my book it isn't and i don't | |||
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"The only social media I have is Fab and You Tube which I use to listen to music or watch comedy shows." That is good to only have those 2, same here. I mostly also just use fab and utube too | |||
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"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well." Me 3. I've never felt the need to join any of it. As for face book, I've rather be isolated than ever join that devils pit. | |||
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"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well. Me 3. I've never felt the need to join any of it. As for face book, I've rather be isolated than ever join that devils pit." But this is social media. | |||
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 don’t bloody miss it
Obvs I’m here but I don’t class it as social media | |||
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I only have fb, rarely use insta, no Snapchat or linked in.... Fab is my main addiction  | |||
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"I can and do regularly. Try this exercise shag next time you are in a queue , keep your phone in your pocket and look around and try and interact with people. It takes a bit of practice but it’s really good for dopamine control & mental well being " Isn't that just normal behaviour? Who's on their phone whilst in a queue?.... Have people become that zombified? | |||
"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well. Me 3. I've never felt the need to join any of it. As for face book, I've rather be isolated than ever join that devils pit. But this is social media. " You can call it that if you want but as another poster stated; I don't consider fab to be social media. So no, I don't do social media | |||
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"I regularly take time off grid. Spoon whittling is much better than social media " Hi little, that is good to regularly take time off it too | |||
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"Only use Fab... and have always avoided Facebook like the plague, never really looked at Insta or X ...would LinkedIn count if it's a professional platform?! " That is good you only use fab. I am not sure if it would count, if it was that | |||
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"I don't want to, so I guess the answer is no. If I wanted to the answer would easily Simple
I do spend way to much time on social media
Mrs "That is good you could do it easily too | |||
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"I'm yet another one on here who uses Fab regularly and nothing else. Main reason for never having investigating other well known sites is that they have such stupid sounding names! Occasionally I've checked out a piece of music on you tube (another bloody stupid name) and, if there is no other alternative, looked up how to do something on there,but only as a last resort as most of the clips are excruciatingly badly created.. (ok today we are going to see how to.. with the camera wobbling all over the place..) Plus, you have to go through all the ad skipping and ' You might also like' stuff. What I really can't understand is why so many normally sensible people I know spend hours watching clips of gluttons stuffing their face with food, and similar drivel. As Roger Waters so prophetically sang 'This species has amused itself to death'. Watch that scenario unfolding right in front of us all...there can't be long to go." Yes the YouTube videos where they try food and react to it are probably the easiest content to create. Muckbangs I think they're called. I think music ones are hard as you have have to play an instrument and then produce the music ..and edit the video. I think video essays can take the longest though. There's a youtuber I watch that makes political video essays. Sometimes a video can take 3 years to make because of all the research and reading he said. | |||
"Apart from Fab, I don’t have any. This is me as well. Same here, I found that when I left social media that at first I lost a few friends, and work got a little mistrustful of me, as they couldn't see what I was up to, but that soon pasted, and I had to go a really meet people face to face or ring for a chat. I would never go back as I feel free now and have my own thoughts. Was it hard to do? Break those habits? " No not really, when WhatsApp was brought by Facebook they sent out new terms and conditions which I didn't agree with as I would of agreed to my data being sold, so I also left all the other platforms at the same time. It was hard because people do not trust those who they cannot look up, and I found that employers use social media as a tool to check employees. I am happy with my privacy, like the days before social media. | |||
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"Well I don't have it, so yes" That sounds good you dont have it | |||
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"No I couldn't and wouldn't. " That is good, same here, it would be hard to do as well | |||
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"Gosh I'm not sure... It's one of the ways i dip in and out of family life.. So if i deleted it, i might have to call them instead
I only have fb, rarely use insta, no Snapchat or linked in.... Fab is my main addiction "Hi midnight, yes, you are right there, it would be hard, fab is an addiction too | |||
"Once I pack in work I could easily I only made a Facebook account a few years ago as was forced too by Facebook said my business page would be deleted unless I stopped logging in with my google account and made my own face book account so it exists only for that reason once I finish this line of work it’s gone " Yes, you are right there, sometimes one is forced to create a facebook account, to do that too. | |||
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"I listen to lectures on youtube in the background whilst I'm doing other stuff. I use whatsapp to send ideas back and forth with a group of other creative /musical types. I avoid twitter & ticktock. I was on facebook years ago. Don't have an account anymore. I was in a dreadlocks group there and i was getting about 100 friends requests a day. (I thought what the hell am I doing ..and left). A recent rule I've made for myself is that I don't listen to podcasts anymore. Everyone is trying to get famous via them and I personally think the format isn't great for getting information. ( Video essays & lectures, yes). So I use social media, kind of, but in a restricted/controlled manner..so I don't have to get rid of it completely." That is good. l also use use utube to listen to lectures and others things too | |||
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