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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.
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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
Mar 2, 2025
I haven’t been on Twitter for years and hardly touch FB, but I had been an active user on Instagram since 2012. I really like taking and sharing photos, and that had always been a fun place to do it.
No more.
With the changes the content moderation changes they’re making, leaving LGBTQ+ folks vulnerable to be targeted; their rolling back of DEI programs; their willing participation in far-right rhetoric and politics; it’s all too much and I’m out.
As if Meta’s platform hadn’t already been increasingly enshittified, this was the final straw to announce how much worse it will get.
And you know what? It feels freeing. Better to leave it behind and find new platforms to connect with people.
Jan 22, 2025
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Honestly, it feels kinda liberating 🧘♀️
Most of the people I had on there were my high school friends. Ever since I moved to a different country for uni, we’ve naturally drifted apart. We don’t really keep in touch anymore, whether it’s video calls, texting, or anything else.
I kept it for so long because I thought it would be nice to see what my high school friends were up to and maybe update them on my life too. But after some serious journaling and being honest with myself, I realised there’s really no point in holding on to it anymore.
I was keeping it around to give myself a sense of false hope—hoping that one day we’d reconnect and things would go back to how they were. But deep down, I know the chances of that are pretty slim.
We’ve all moved on and grown in different directions, and that’s okay.
Aug 8, 2024
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yes! I do know my favorite animal, song, album, snack, fruit, and actor. But not off the top of my head!
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Ruby Sparks, Swiss Army Man, The Batman, Beach Boys bio-pic. He has a great career.
He was everyone’s white boy of the month but he’s my white boy for eternity.
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Good combo
Feb 28, 2024