No, not all of them. I can’t not use places like this or Youtube.
Sorry… i didn’t understand. What you mean ?
Lemmy is social media. YouTube is social media too
I just never joined any. Used Reddit mostly for entertainment never interaction. Now kbin. I miss nothing and don’t think about it; doing great, thanks for asking;)
I mean would definitely consider Reddit and lemmy social media.
I wouldn’t. There’s no social graph and I’m not social with any of you bastards.
Not really, but I do know roughly how to not only disappear from the internet, but also from run away from your current life, or in other words, to disappear off the face of the earth.
Depends.
Do you have friends? Do they use a social media platform to stay in touch?
If yes and yes, then it would be very hard to let it go, because your friend group would go with it.
If yes and no, it should be easy. But maybe it’s your entertainment so it won’t be easy to quit.
If no and no, you might have a very hard time leaving social media because it’s sold as an opportunity to build up a friend group, and social media can pretend to be a friend group that isn’t really there if you let it.
No and no. And i can’t have friends. I hate friends. I need to be alone forever. 😄
It’s not healthy to be alone forever. Humans need community of some kind (hopefully in person.)
That said, quitting social media is totally possible. Humans have lived without it for the vast majority of our societal existence.
Then I’m confused by your original post. Why would it not be possible for you to quit social media entirely?
The peoples surronded me are using big tech platforms like instagram,twitter,reddit,favebook,etc…
But am on fediverse. They are not here. So am pretty much alone and happy here… thats why it not possible to quit social media for me. Because am considering fediverse as the social media…
It’s very doable. Life without is basically just your life with more hours in your day.
What do you think happens? Your head doesn’t explode when you’re not on social media.
Yup, I did! Then I joined Lemmy…
Same.
Definitely the same thing
I was never on it…
Lemmy is my first social media because it’s not driven by big tech.
I don’t use any social media. Unless you count Lemmy but I don’t think that’s the same thing, we are anonymous here and I’m not posting pictures or statuses about my personal life.
In any case, social media like Facebook insta etc are doable without. The only regret I have is not having as much contact with extended family as I used to on Facebook.
Lemmy is the only one I use enough to count. I have a mastodon account for my author name that I do one post a day on, and that’s it.
Also, it’s thought, not thinked. One of those weird English conjugations that don’t make sense.
Sorry for the mistake.
No need to apologize! English is weird like that, it’s such an easy thing to not know. Just figured that since I prefer a correction when I foul up what little other language I know, it might be a welcome thing to others as well :)
I’ve quit pretty much everything but this. People that I want to be able to contact me have my number.
No, but Lemmy is usually the only one I use irresponsibly. My Instagram and discord use is mostly genuine personal and professional connections. I’ll interact with some real bullshit on here.
Had twitter, deleted an account twice (1st time as I was fed up with it, 2nd time I still didn’t see the use of it and Musk bought it)
Have fb, didn;t use it for years, wanted to delete account but ‘due to EU law change you must choose between targeted ads or subscription of €12.99 a month before you have acces tto your account’. There is no option to delete without either coonsent or paying. (So it’ll either linger forever of finally get deleted)
Have Reddit, still check in from time to time in 3 game related subs, ditched the rest.
Have Discord account, but again only game related.
Lemmy is the only account I have that’s closest to ‘random social’, rest, is either topic specific or ignored.
Reddit is PC only (browser), Lemmy is small reading tablet only, discord is pc and mobile, as I run 1 server for a game related team I’m leader of. Only personal mentiones may give a silent notification.
Can you live without socials: I’d say yeah. The random sewer socials (FB/xitter) are ditched here, what’s active I see more as fora then social media.
I quit playing games as i have no benefits over it.
Have fb, didn;t use it for years, wanted to delete account but ‘due to EU law change you must choose between targeted ads or subscription of €12.99 a month before you have acces tto your account’. There is no option to delete without either coonsent or paying. (So it’ll either linger forever of finally get deleted)
Are you sure? Just took the chance and deleted my deactivated account without any hick-ups.
I quit mainstream social media so that’s good. But now I’m using Lemmy and Mastodon…
I really should. I spend far too much time here
