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“COMPARISON IS THE THIEF OF JOY”
“DISCARD ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T SPARK JOY.”
You don’t need to have these people in your life. Unless they make you laugh or give you wisdom, their content has no value to you. I followed so many people because of their expensive interesting clothing, aesthetic pictures of places I’m not going to go to, and features of their appearance that I don’t have. If not for social media, their life would not be connected to mine at all! Your life is fine, as is theirs, social media isn’t real. I haven’t unfollowed all of them yet…maybe some day. Clicking that unfollow button feels pretty freeing. I’m going to be a careful mindful brainy netizen in this life. So goodbye niche internet micro-celebrities, parting is such sweet sorrow.
You don’t need to have these people in your life. Unless they make you laugh or give you wisdom, their content has no value to you. I followed so many people because of their expensive interesting clothing, aesthetic pictures of places I’m not going to go to, and features of their appearance that I don’t have. If not for social media, their life would not be connected to mine at all! Your life is fine, as is theirs, social media isn’t real. I haven’t unfollowed all of them yet…maybe some day. Clicking that unfollow button feels pretty freeing. I’m going to be a careful mindful brainy netizen in this life. So goodbye niche internet micro-celebrities, parting is such sweet sorrow.
Mar 3, 2024
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📱Went cold-turkey off IG/FB a couple months back and had already ditched Twitter a couple years ago. It was a weird switch at first (especially IG). There are just some people I'm probably never going to be in contact with again, and for others, I won't have passive daily updates on their lives. Honestly, I think that's normal. It's just not the cultural norm. There are definitely things I miss and events I don't know about, but I'm still filling my life with great things and am just texting people instead. This place has effectively been a public gratitude journal, and Bluesky is where I can still toss unhinged takes into the void as well as get my news. As with most millennials, I'm admittedly still wired to seek validation from people on the internet, but cutting out an algorithmic-driven life has been so much better for my mental health. The more I learn about the perils of big tech, the more I wish people in my life felt empowered to do the same, but I get that people have complex relationships with the big platforms.
Edit: I guess I also have Substack, but the 'social' aspects of it are so unappealing, I hardly ever look at it.
Edit: I guess I also have Substack, but the 'social' aspects of it are so unappealing, I hardly ever look at it.
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🕊your close friends (or anyone who brings light and encourages you to authentically be yourself) are the only people you need. i promise. instagram is so so so evil when you’re constantly stressing about impressing people or tailoring your internet prescence to look cooler. as someone who has been chronically online for > 10 years it is SO REFRESHING to just hit restart and have 20 people following you. Like …. make that finsta your main! tell people you “don’t really use instagram” unless you genuinely want them to see you! it’s sooo freeing and fun to not have a social media presence you care abt
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🤔 Concentrate on accounts you follow, and expect to run out of things to look at. Avoid “for you” and “suggested posts/videos” - when you’re out of Following posts, you’re done :)
People have said the internet is full of horrors, and I know that’s true, but I haven’t experienced it. That’s not to brag, just to show it’s possible! And I have spent my time on Tumblr, Reddit, pre-Musk Twitter, YouTube, instagram.
Link goes to a post with specific advice for IG and YouTube. I don’t think Twitter can be used this way anymore, and you will have junk shoved into your feed no matter what.
Maybe start fresh with new accounts to reset everything, too
People have said the internet is full of horrors, and I know that’s true, but I haven’t experienced it. That’s not to brag, just to show it’s possible! And I have spent my time on Tumblr, Reddit, pre-Musk Twitter, YouTube, instagram.
Link goes to a post with specific advice for IG and YouTube. I don’t think Twitter can be used this way anymore, and you will have junk shoved into your feed no matter what.
Maybe start fresh with new accounts to reset everything, too
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