I'm Done Being Social
In the last few years, I've been able to cut down on my use of social media. I'd say it all stems from getting older and realising some things are not necessary.
I'm more social on social media because I write better than I talk, so a couple years back you'd find me on Facebook everyday. I eventually cut down on Facebook because I was spending too much time there and had relatives and acquaintances all up in my business. I intended deleting my Facebook entirely last month but I changed my mind after considering the fact that I'd need it to market my business in the coming months.
I logged in to post a picture like I do once in a while to keep the engagement coming and to my surprise, I saw several comments of people congratulating me on my Introduction/engagement ceremony from last Saturday. I was weirded out because now more people than I intended know I'm getting married and I got so many messages from people 'mad' at me for not telling them about the Introduction.
WhatsApp is a necessary evil because I get some important information there amidst all of the pointless interaction. I froze the WhatsApp app last week and only open when I need to check for info. This means little to no chatting and keeping up with other's lives through their status updates. I really don't know how to explain it but I feel so much lighter not keeping up with people. Is it that the constant anxiety I feel is from being pressured by what I see?
It feels good coming online after a few days and seeing messages from just the few people I expected would check on me. They're the same people I care about and are like me, who are generally overwhelmed by social media.
This episode with Facebook kept me amazed at how fast news travel on social media and it's stamped for life. Now I'm extra careful about what I put out. I was reading about people being denied visas, scholarships and jobs because at one point they shared their opinion on social media and now it's been used against them.
I don't want my words to be misconstrued or have these acquaintances thinking they know me on social media so I rather keep off now. It bores me anyway, except Hive ofcourse. It's more productivity here.
I'm done being too social on mainstream social media.
What about you? Are you still social on all social media?
Hahahha. This is what happens. I don't even know how news travels but it's faster on social media.
I was done with social media since last year the hate for it started in late 2019 and stepped into 2020.
I used to utilize my WhatsApp alone so to still keep up with some close acquaintances but Facebook? Hmmm, it wasn't even a place I loved to be so I dumped it ever since.
All the same, congrats on your intro!😉 I even wanted to right on marriage and this just spark up the vibes to do that the more lol
Oh thank you. Would love to read your post
Hahaha... I've never been a fan of Facebook because the account I opened since 2012 just have about 15 posts. The last time I check my Facebook account was years ago but I still kept mine because I know that it would be a nice way to recover some contacts if anything should go south.
As for my WhatsApp, I don't even bother about checking my status neither do I go there to chat. The only thing that takes me to that place is due to some groups where I get information and that one happens once in a while.
I'm more relaxed which sites like hive that are better learning platform and also rewards us for our time and effort
Yup. The truth is that you prefer places where you don't feel like people(both contacts and app) are invading/encroaching your private space.
This is it! I find that even in my aimless scrolling on hive I still learn something
There's this ease and lightness I feel from knowing that I'm not bugged out by social media. At this point in time, all of them are necessary evils that we'll leverage to our benefit in the near future.
Yeah, they'll be useful at some point
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