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I’m considering quitting social media

🌾OpenCloud135Helpful Perspectives Given: 0Member since Recently
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I keep deleting apps and redownloading them. I tell myself I’m just checking messages, then 40 minutes disappear and I feel worse. The thing is, some real friendships live there. Events, group chats, memes, all of it. Has anyone actually quit without becoming unreachable?

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Could you quit social media?

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Poll Perspectives

Why people voted the way they did.

Voted: Yes, mostly

🌻 BrightFern656

I voted yes because you can announce where people can reach you. The real friends will adjust.

Voted: Not realistically

🕊️ SilverStone900

Not realistically. Too much social life is coordinated there now, which is annoying but true.

Voted: Yes, mostly

🌾 OpenCloud135

Yes, mostly. I quit the feeds but kept messages. That split made it possible.

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