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What has been the hardest thing to let go of when deciding to distance yourself from or drop social media entirely? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] literallyacat@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] literallyacat@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Rumor has it that Reddit will be adding paywalls to content, similar to Quora

[–] Frozyre@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 3 months ago

Fuck Quora, really. That shithole of a place, you can't even browse for too long without it nagging you to register.