Discussion The absolute state of social media

[EndlessRage]

I won't deny that i use social media and i'm pretty chronically online to say the least it's gotten so bad that i can't for once smile at a video after resetting my for you page for the 5th time, tldr, it's just race wars, gender wars, politics, men hating on women, women hating on men it's become a very dark and depressing place, Reddit is a cesspool for creeps who message you
The only form of online entertainment that's helped me is playing video games especially the story ones, listening to music and that sorts of things
They've evolutionized English into a whole another language which pisses me off for some reason, the lingo, the jokes it's getting repetitive
But i guess this is how Normal people go on with their lives and don't care much about it
Anybody feel this way too?

 

[Forveleth]

I deleted my social media... four? years ago now and I have not looked back. Best thing I ever did for my mental health. On youtube, I watch only a small handful of channels from my subscriptions page. I avoid shorts. The state of social media (and the internet in general) has actually pushed me back into watching movies and reading books.

 

[spacefreightergirl]

I'm on the same path!! It's been around 5 weeks since I deleted my twitter accounts and cut off a lot of people that were doing more harm than good. At the beginning I did feel very lonely but I'm starting to feel better now, like something has been lifted off of my chest. Reading books and watching movies has turned out to be a lot better too ^ᴗ^

 

[brainlessretard]

Yes!! It's been maybe 3 months since I left most platforms. I barely open Instagram unless I want to check out an artist or a place's page and absolutely quit twitter after it kept pushing edtwt content. I was anorexic in my teen years and I'm not doing that again.

I've been soo much healthier. Working out is so fun when you don't compare your progress and long form videos allow for so much more nuance, specially on heavy topics if I feel like watching it. Reading books makes me feel so much nicer about myself and I feel like I spend more time in the real world, even if my time on the computer is still a little high lol

 

[troubled_puppet]

deleted fb years ago. ghosted my other platforms on socials, haven't logged in over a year. i didn't think the hateful brigading post lockdown would just get worse and worse . bluesky, tumblr, pinterest, these places used to be my "internet home" so to speak, but it's all gotten so bad. i won't even touch upon how twitter went down hill.

It's all just morality virtue signalling, vague-posting instead of being direct, ableism, bad faith arguments trying to win at being right, bullying disguised as criticism.

the internet was always a toxic place, even before 2019 and before 2015, and that's when i was more active on other socials, i remember when Google Plus came and went lol. I was and still am pretty chronically online too.

i dunno if im wrong but with most places using algorithmic content feeds, it just feels like fake bot accounts and fake outrage articles everywhere online. it's not a safe space anywhere anymore, the internet isn't an escape anymore.

i only browse reddit as a guest, and i spend way too much time there. i'm still stuck watching youtube but those are the two platforms im stuck on. it's kind of exhausting to play games for me. when i'm not forcing myself to try and go outside a couple times a week or doing chores, im doing quiet hobbies.

i dunno if im crazy, but it feels like in real life people have become standoffish and stonewall people more often. me, my sibings, my parents, i don't get it. not sure if lack of patience has become common with adults in real life or not.

anyway. sorry the internet world ended up this way. i relate to these troubles too, and i see it too. i wish it would calm down and i don't know why it's like this.