What has been the hardest thing to let go of when deciding to distance yourself from or drop social media entirely?
For me it's input. I have a continually thinking mind that feels that I must have something to say on anything. Whenever I've gotten rid of a Reddit account or took even a day or two off from activity on the internet. I had an itch to say something whenever something is reported or something I've seen while browsing that peaked my interest.
And I feel I have to say something on it, even if small. But yet I try to restrain myself from doing so because of how manufactured social media has become today.
It's gotten a little better, mainly because you know, after registering so many accounts for so long and having to upkeep so many. It is tiring to do for me so I think I'm finally slowing down from that to where this issue won't nearly be as big as it once was.
I stopped using social media a little over a year ago, except for Reddit. Now my challenge will be weaning off of Reddit, once the paywalls hit.
What do you mean by paywalls? I got off reddit when the whole paying for API by third party apps thing happened and don't know what's going on after that point
Rumor has it that Reddit will be adding paywalls to content, similar to Quora
Fuck Quora, really. That shithole of a place, you can't even browse for too long without it nagging you to register.