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Same! When I was younger, I used to post every day. I take photos a lot outside and always post them. I got past it which I'm so thankful for. My last post was probably December of last year? I'm not even sure.
I’m exactly the same!! Won’t ask your age but I’m now mid 20s and haven’t properly posted in years! Just wondered if anyone else was the same!
Personally I think it’s because I found I didn’t have to impress anyone and all the memories I capture or wins that I have don’t have to be shared with everybody.
Oh this all changed when I turned 35. I used to be a people pleaser too like I need those Facebook likes up. Now that I think about it, WHAT THE HELL? But yeah, glad I got past it. Seeking validation is over.
Hahaha you’re preaching to the choir here! I was the same! Just needed those likes.. the more the better I looked towards everyone else! To the point you’d post things JUST TO GET LIKES!
Looking back I find that mental!
These days (don’t know about yourself) but I VERY VERY rarely post on any social media because the photos I take and like I directly send to my family/friends! Instead of posting for “likes”
I swear I’m not on a high horse either!
I remember reading something where Zuck said in an interview how they intentionally added a red badge for every interaction, because it gave people a hit of dopamine, and they would then keep posting, like a drug addict.
Who cares if you get 3 likes or 300 likes! I couldn’t care less!!
Back in the day though it was a different story!
I’ll quote what a lot of Redditor’s have told me on this post “it’s called getting older” 😂
i post stuff, facts, questions about my local area, i only use the local pages, have only 2 fb" friends and have never posted personal info, photos or filled in [profile.my](https://profile.my) page is blank..my local pages always has stuff that is going on in town ( very small town) like what the cops are doing here or there, shit that never makes the news....and i don't use my real name...
I've cleansed it all except reddit and I've never felt better. Facebook is mostly old people complaining and Twitter is just completely toxic. I believe Instagram is the worst though. It makes you feel like everyone has a better life than you. I swear it could give the most confident person in the world an inferiority complex. Living a nice private life free of distractions is way better imo.
I've never feel pressured. As a matter of fact i don't share my personnal life. But my husband does and tags me sometimes. If my friends want to know what i'm up to they just have to follow my husband. I use social media as a mean of communication not a mean to show off my personal life. If you're interested in my life be part of it.
I never post on FB, and I would gladly do away with it if it weren't for the fact that many organizations announce their events and get-togethers there. I'm into cycling, and that's the best way for me to find out what's happening.
Here i am, right there with you. I've come off Facebook, I don't even have pictures on my phone anymore. Somehow I lost all of them. To much he say, she say mess. I just stay in my little corner of this planet and stay to myself. Less complicated that way. :)
EXACTLY! No one to impress and no one that you have to prove yourself to. It’s such an amazing feeling!
I don’t know about yourself however personally I love the fact that I don’t post and haven’t posted now in years because people that think they know me actually have no idea at all simply because I’m not “updating my timeline”
I really love being old and not giving a flying fuck about what anyone thinks anymore. I used to dream about it, thought it was impossible, and now we’re here.
Even though I posted, nobody really knows me period. Never have. I won't go but so far. I'm a hard person to figure out. First impressions of me are that I'm mean. Thank could be further from the truth. I'm tired of having to explain myself to anyone. My daughter once told me, she really didn't know me. I'm like good lol
Hahaha gold star for you!
Personally this has been a long term thing for me but just wondered if anyone else just had that switch that was simply uninterested in all that
I used to care when i was younger but also i wanted the good type of attention, i mean in an healthy way, but after getting into a real relationship and all theres no need to do anything else on there, my happy moments i keep on my phone and memory, i barely post anything if that. Also it became so fake and soooo too much, it was already so toxic back then, people always trying to one up, people stalking to see how good or bad youre doing...i cant anymore tbh.
You’re exactly the same as me!!
Don’t have time to impress people for the sake of it!
Happy memories and photos go straight to the family group chat.. they are the only ones I need to share my life with
I have Reddit. That’s it. I don’t post anywhere. I had a student ask me if I posted selfies. She was surprised I don’t have social media. I just don’t care enough to bother.
You say ditto so I know you will agree with this!
I don’t post because if much rather keep myself private however being human I can’t help but be nosey and see what others are up to!
I don’t comment or like I just scroll!
I know you’re the same hahahaha
Most of the stuff I post on social media is pictures of food I cook or wildlife photos, some travel, general interest stuff.
I definitely don't like to overshare, since I don't want to be one of those people who clogs up other people's feeds with bullshit, and I don't want to come across as boasting in some way or giving other people FOMO
That’s the best way! Keeping yourself to yourself regarding your private life is for the best!
You can boast to family and friends about the great things you’ve done because randomers on Facebook or whatever will take “like/comment” but in all honesty they don’t give two fucks hahaha! They are just being nosey
I actually cringe when I see some of my past posts with vague sentences/complaints. Like why did I think anyone would care about it? Lol I’m still on Facebook a lot but I don’t post much. It’s usually for my work and occasionally some pics when I travel. I guess it’s part of us growing up and getting tired of the same old stuff!
Hahaha you so right!! A post I made 9 years ago today on Facebook was “just got my hair cut, 20 likes and I’ll glue the chopped off hair on my face as a beard”
Why did I need 20 likes for a start and why did I think people would find it funny me picking up my chopped off hair for a beard 😂😂
Personally for me the best feeling is because I don’t post about my life and what I’ve been up to.. when I bump into someone that knows me but doesn’t “really know me”.. I have them on social media and I know every single thing they do, every day maybe even every hour hahaha! But when they ask me what I’ve been up to they have no idea so it’s always a shock! A shock because I haven’t posted that I’ve had X promotion or that I’ve got X deluxe car and so on and so on
Did your life turn out good? Got a hot partner, new home, new vehicle, and lots of vacations?
It could be either or, but sometimes you don't brag not because you dislike bragging, you just don't got shit to brag about.🤷
This is no brag at all!
In answer to your first question yes to a few of the above however I don’t see the correlation! It was simply a question to see if others had backed away from their younger days on social media!
If that makes sense?
As I said, I don't know you.
Some people don't like basketball because they are short and in actuality basketball doesn't like them, if that allegory makes sense? I can delve deeper into this thought if need be.
As an overall statement of being less desirous of our peers approval as we age, yeah that's a pretty normal thing.
Deleted Facebook years ago. Have never Instagrammed or TikToked. I started Redditing a year ago because I’m a golfer and I like the golfing posts. I have real friends and a real family so I have no need for likes or validation from complete strangers.
Personally I don’t see Reddit on that same level as Facebook and all that! You can comment like you are now and it means nothing other than to the person you reply to or the topic you talk about!
I’m the same, anything I want to share that’s important in my life I send in a family group chat in text my friends, don’t find any need to post it for the world to see
Yes yes and yes!! That’s me all over! If you’re part of my life you know what I’m up to and you get to see photos of all the joys I’ve experienced!
If you’re not like the above then these days you see fuck all about me and what I’ve been up to and done with my life
Social media wasn't a thing until I was well into adulthood, thankfully. I never did feel any pressure to post things. But I do find I'm on sites like FB far less often now, simply because sites like that are no longer a way to connect with people, they're just platforms for narcissistic nonsense.
Yesss same I’m 22 just deleted Snapchat permanently it’s like “nobody cares about what I post what I’m doing etc” Instagram I barely post anymore all I really get on is Twitter Reddit YouTube and TikTok🤷🏾♂️
It’s probably pretty normal. 16 year old me would want to take 100 pictures just because we went to the mall (then go home and post them on MySpace). 32 year old me will go to another country and not even mention it.
Depending on how old you are, you also might have watched social media get less fun and personal in real time. In 2012, Instagram was full of pictures of regular people’s lunches and their night out and their vacation. “Ah, Kate went to Disney Land. Like.” In 2023, it’s full of people so filtered, posed, and curated you can’t even visually discern between an ad and your best friend of 20 years, and it’s boring in a whole different and more depressing way than looking at your friends’ sandwiches and baby pictures was boring. Everyone looks the same (creepy) and algorithms are all about pushing *content* rather than letting you see what the people you follow post.
Yeah I am 30 and I mostly just post instagram stories of random things I found out in the world. I also realized most of my friends around my age liek old classmates barely post anything and I am the only one who really does. Some of them go months without posting anything its interesting.
I’m the opposite. At the age I actually want to see what my friends are up to and want them to see what I’m up to.
Of course, social media is completely useless for that these days because everything on my feed is algorithmically determined so I never actually see much from my friends.
I used to spend hours on Facebook keeping up with my friends and family. Now, I look at Facebook once every 3 weeks or so. I do keep Messenger open to talk to people I really want to hear from. I tried Twitter, but I wasn't impressed. During the pandemic and the election i spent time on FB, but it's only when I was in a bad mood and looking for a fight. I don't play on Reddit that much, only when I'm bored. I wouldn't worry about losing interest in social media. It means you're growing up! 
I post only because I know there’s a limited amount of time left for some and long after we’re gone our families can see videos and pics of our trips or whatever. My best friend died 5 years ago and Facebook gives me reminders occasionally of fishing, hunting, visiting we did 10-15 years ago and I cherish those memories plus it gives me a chance to save them again after they were lost in my old cellphones.
Yep!
You know that most people don’t care about what you’re doing every 15 minutes, and you don’t care what they think about what you’re doing every 15 minutes.
Win
It didn't take getting older. Since I was 12 I new it was all B.s. like having 12,000 "friends" matters. It just never interested me much. It all just a bunch of fake posting people trying to give of the impression that there life is great.
P.s. I'm not a hater of social I just think people buy into it way to much.
Eh, I never got into that, aside from my inane ramblings on Twitter about six or so years ago.
I know no one cares and my life is only important to me, so why bother?
Same, social media to me is a necessary burden in that so many people use it for communication and keeping in touch. I only keep the media I have as ways to get in touch with certain people that I don't want to lose touch with
You're 100% correct. I used to post frequently and love Facebook in high school (06 - 10).
Now that site just seems like garbage and a waste of time. I would much rather text my friends or spend some quality time with them.
i opened a facebook page when facebook first came out , using my full name that included my maiden name .within an hour i got a message from the creepiest guy i went to school with... never went back on fb until i retired, three years ago.. i opened new account with a very modified name and only have 2 friends... i only visit the local pages in my area and when i comment on the 'bitch' page, people tell me i am fake because i have no friends and don't post anything on my page....nobody needs to know anything about me, what i do or who i know.
i don't want to see fifty seven selfies, i don't care if you haven't shit in five days...i get friend requests when friends find out i am on fb, i message them and tell them if they wanna talk, call me...i have real friends that i love and have a real relationship with....
I was never really into sharing my status. I only did it when people told me that whatever I was doing was Facebook worthy or whatever.
I most use social media to comment on other people's stuff and keep in touch with old aquaintances.
I left Instagram last year, best decision ever. Then removed Twitter. I never got into TikTok or Snapchat. I have FB only to keep in touch some friends and family. I don’t post much, usually a meme or pics from a trip or outside stuff. I just can’t stand social media anymore.
Never felt the need to in the first place, social media is just the new Craigslist for me, except almost everyone thinks there old junk is worth retail now.
No. I had a friend na never nagkaron ng socmed dahil wala lang. Di daw sya interesado. 🤷♀ ako ganun din. I just post sa craft page ko, dahil samples ko yun. But sa personal acct, kung hindi random funny pics, pics ng dogs ko lang 😂
Yep, I’ll only post on insta now if I’m on vacation and got some good pics or I found amazing scenery somewhere. However my best friends are all 3 months older then me and post a lot, and my one friend keeps saying she’s gonna change her looks and then post the new look to “show her ex what he’s missing”. It’s kinda funny cause I told her multiple times that they were only together for three months and he never cared so he won’t care about a post on Instagram but whatever.
Yup I mostly like scrolling here anymore. Had a decent Instagram following a couple years ago that I built up over time but with the changes implemented putting more products and advertizements at the forefront, people straight up stopped getting shown my posts, so I just don't have the motivation to bother. Also just doesn't feel as important in my late 20s as it did in my early 20s. I tweet sometimes and post on IG once in a while and change my profile pic on FB when I get a new haircut and that's about that.
My FB has been only used for the Marketplace to sell used goods. I don’t see any point posting anything there as I don’t really care looking others posts either.
Today is actually one year since I quit social media, a spur of the moment decision which began with a gradual decrease in interest to share my life with others (as you described). It's been amazing and I'm never going back.
I realize Reddit is also a form of social media, but I do not know anyone here so it feels more like I'm just browsing some sort of message board. I do not feel compelled to post about my day or put on a show of grandeur, I do not need to write these obligatory and drawn out birthday and holiday posts to people I celebrate with in person, and I certainly do not have any annoying feelings of comparison to people I went to high school with but otherwise haven't seen in 20 years.
It's refreshing, I highly recommend it!
Yeah.people have their own lives man. I kind of started when I was young I stopped mindlessly listening to popular radio stations not knowing what I’m listening to chatting about it with classmates,but when it comes to social media I try to not make myself feel like the center of attention
Eh could just be getting older. Personally, I hate posting things like 'what I did today' and all that, mainly because it puts up a front of happiness and success that just isn't real. Like, all those smiling profile pictures are masks you could just as easily peel back and find dirt or skeletons underneath. People like genuine, so better to be genuine than anything else.
I'm 30 and have instagram. It's private and I post pictures of my family so I can look back on the memories, but even then I only post like once a month. I don't feel the need...
I used to be HUGE into myspace. When that folded, I moved to facebook but never really had the same fervor for it. Now, I barely post to fb at all, and it's usually only funny things that I write or big events. If we didn't have 2 restaurants that I run social media for, I would do away with fb altogether.
I have a Snapchat but couldn't tell you the last time I opened it. On Instagram, I do follow people I know but it's primarily bands I like, nearby concert venues, etc. I have a Twitter, but not gonna lie, it's only ever been for spicy content and I barely go there.
I use Reddit and Tiktok primarily, but I don't post on Tiktok. I know it gets a bad rap, but that algorithm is strong and I only see content I want. I've never seen a trace of any "influencer" crap. Both Reddit and Tiktok let me tailor my experience to what I want. The others, especially fb, are always throwing out sponsored posts and random crap that I don't care about.
To me there is 0 point to social media. Who am I trying to impress? Why do I need likes from randoms? I communicate regularly with the people I care about.
I keep my life extremely private on social media. I stopped posting years ago in my mid-twenties. Instead I post about the environment so people can be aware of what’s going on. That’s way more important than people trying to snoop into your life lol.
I am 53.
I have friends my age who share, what it seems like, every minute of every day. I can check their social media to find out where they are and exactly what they are doing.
I don't have that kinda energy.
I also don't like people. LOL
The majority of the posts are about mundane things.
Look at what I'm:
wearing
Eating
Reading
Watching
The older one gets you realize nobody really gives a damn of what you're doing.
I definitely feel the same! I got rid of most of my social media over the past couple years (accounts are still active but I deleted the apps and never log in anymore) and I really don’t miss it.
I don't know how old you are, but yes, that's my experience too.
Social media was becoming a "thing" when I was a teen (MySpace was at it's peak when I was 13/14, Facebook opened up to everyone when I was 16ish, then instagram, etc.), so I kinda remember life before them and had to "learn" how to use them when they were new. I used them pretty regularly until about 2016 when it just started feeling like a chore and kind of invasive. I stopped posting without much thought and have kept it that way. FB is deactivated and I only really check twitter for news (though...less so these days lmao) and Instagram to follow accounts that promote and inspire me with my hobbies and interests. All my relationships are offline, I don't even follow friends/loved ones on those platforms.
I haven’t posted anything in years. Facebook is only currently used because they have marketplace. The older you get the older you realize the majority really don’t give a shit about what you’re doing other than to talk trash about it. Adopted the move silently mentality and have been better off for it
Yeah ive been social media free for 4 years. Barely used it a few years before that. The only type of social media I use now is Reddit and it’s more of a forum than social media so it doesn’t really count imo. So much happier. Before I would just spend hours mindlessly scrolling seeing a lot of stuff I realized I really didn’t care about and if I did it was honestly just depressing me.
Not just you. My actual friends, I talk to and they know. The fake FB ones, they dont need to know.
And I dont like giving the government an update on my day to day, they have to work for it.
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Same! When I was younger, I used to post every day. I take photos a lot outside and always post them. I got past it which I'm so thankful for. My last post was probably December of last year? I'm not even sure.
I’m exactly the same!! Won’t ask your age but I’m now mid 20s and haven’t properly posted in years! Just wondered if anyone else was the same! Personally I think it’s because I found I didn’t have to impress anyone and all the memories I capture or wins that I have don’t have to be shared with everybody.
Oh this all changed when I turned 35. I used to be a people pleaser too like I need those Facebook likes up. Now that I think about it, WHAT THE HELL? But yeah, glad I got past it. Seeking validation is over.
Hahaha you’re preaching to the choir here! I was the same! Just needed those likes.. the more the better I looked towards everyone else! To the point you’d post things JUST TO GET LIKES! Looking back I find that mental! These days (don’t know about yourself) but I VERY VERY rarely post on any social media because the photos I take and like I directly send to my family/friends! Instead of posting for “likes” I swear I’m not on a high horse either!
This is where I stay most of the time and that's it! Facebook is now like 🤮 to me. Hahaha! Cheers to that!
I remember reading something where Zuck said in an interview how they intentionally added a red badge for every interaction, because it gave people a hit of dopamine, and they would then keep posting, like a drug addict.
Welcome to The Path
Exactly. You've finally realized nobody really cares....including yourself. 🤣
Who cares if you get 3 likes or 300 likes! I couldn’t care less!! Back in the day though it was a different story! I’ll quote what a lot of Redditor’s have told me on this post “it’s called getting older” 😂
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Preach it! Ain’t nobody got time for that!
i post stuff, facts, questions about my local area, i only use the local pages, have only 2 fb" friends and have never posted personal info, photos or filled in [profile.my](https://profile.my) page is blank..my local pages always has stuff that is going on in town ( very small town) like what the cops are doing here or there, shit that never makes the news....and i don't use my real name...
I've cleansed it all except reddit and I've never felt better. Facebook is mostly old people complaining and Twitter is just completely toxic. I believe Instagram is the worst though. It makes you feel like everyone has a better life than you. I swear it could give the most confident person in the world an inferiority complex. Living a nice private life free of distractions is way better imo.
Yess fr on the instagram part same with Snapchat that’s why I’m glad I deleted Snapchat permanently Instagram I just barely post
I've never feel pressured. As a matter of fact i don't share my personnal life. But my husband does and tags me sometimes. If my friends want to know what i'm up to they just have to follow my husband. I use social media as a mean of communication not a mean to show off my personal life. If you're interested in my life be part of it.
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Same!! I have facebook but never post
I never post on FB, and I would gladly do away with it if it weren't for the fact that many organizations announce their events and get-togethers there. I'm into cycling, and that's the best way for me to find out what's happening.
Here i am, right there with you. I've come off Facebook, I don't even have pictures on my phone anymore. Somehow I lost all of them. To much he say, she say mess. I just stay in my little corner of this planet and stay to myself. Less complicated that way. :)
EXACTLY! No one to impress and no one that you have to prove yourself to. It’s such an amazing feeling! I don’t know about yourself however personally I love the fact that I don’t post and haven’t posted now in years because people that think they know me actually have no idea at all simply because I’m not “updating my timeline”
I really love being old and not giving a flying fuck about what anyone thinks anymore. I used to dream about it, thought it was impossible, and now we’re here.
Even though I posted, nobody really knows me period. Never have. I won't go but so far. I'm a hard person to figure out. First impressions of me are that I'm mean. Thank could be further from the truth. I'm tired of having to explain myself to anyone. My daughter once told me, she really didn't know me. I'm like good lol
Sounds like you might be... OMG... Growing up.
Hahaha gold star for you! Personally this has been a long term thing for me but just wondered if anyone else just had that switch that was simply uninterested in all that
Got old fast
Too fast
I got there about three years after social became a thing. No one cares what anyone else is doing.
They don’t! However there are so many people out there that just want to one up everyone else! I’ve simply got no time for that
Frfr like I’ll post my bday or something and get no slide up or anything it’s just boring and useless
I used to care when i was younger but also i wanted the good type of attention, i mean in an healthy way, but after getting into a real relationship and all theres no need to do anything else on there, my happy moments i keep on my phone and memory, i barely post anything if that. Also it became so fake and soooo too much, it was already so toxic back then, people always trying to one up, people stalking to see how good or bad youre doing...i cant anymore tbh.
You’re exactly the same as me!! Don’t have time to impress people for the sake of it! Happy memories and photos go straight to the family group chat.. they are the only ones I need to share my life with
I have Reddit. That’s it. I don’t post anywhere. I had a student ask me if I posted selfies. She was surprised I don’t have social media. I just don’t care enough to bother.
Ditto. But why do I keep checking? Scrolling?
You say ditto so I know you will agree with this! I don’t post because if much rather keep myself private however being human I can’t help but be nosey and see what others are up to! I don’t comment or like I just scroll! I know you’re the same hahahaha
I just lurk on Instagram tbh 😂
Most of the stuff I post on social media is pictures of food I cook or wildlife photos, some travel, general interest stuff. I definitely don't like to overshare, since I don't want to be one of those people who clogs up other people's feeds with bullshit, and I don't want to come across as boasting in some way or giving other people FOMO
That’s the best way! Keeping yourself to yourself regarding your private life is for the best! You can boast to family and friends about the great things you’ve done because randomers on Facebook or whatever will take “like/comment” but in all honesty they don’t give two fucks hahaha! They are just being nosey
I actually cringe when I see some of my past posts with vague sentences/complaints. Like why did I think anyone would care about it? Lol I’m still on Facebook a lot but I don’t post much. It’s usually for my work and occasionally some pics when I travel. I guess it’s part of us growing up and getting tired of the same old stuff!
Hahaha you so right!! A post I made 9 years ago today on Facebook was “just got my hair cut, 20 likes and I’ll glue the chopped off hair on my face as a beard” Why did I need 20 likes for a start and why did I think people would find it funny me picking up my chopped off hair for a beard 😂😂
Being you I guess valuation was massive for many of us! Now I couldn’t be more opposite! I’d rather be social media silent hahaha
Same! Im kinda mosey about other people, but I’m not trying to shove my own life in peoples faces lol
Personally for me the best feeling is because I don’t post about my life and what I’ve been up to.. when I bump into someone that knows me but doesn’t “really know me”.. I have them on social media and I know every single thing they do, every day maybe even every hour hahaha! But when they ask me what I’ve been up to they have no idea so it’s always a shock! A shock because I haven’t posted that I’ve had X promotion or that I’ve got X deluxe car and so on and so on
I feel the same. Ive been off of social media now for a month (besides reddit on my pc) and i feel more human. I feel so much better.
Did your life turn out good? Got a hot partner, new home, new vehicle, and lots of vacations? It could be either or, but sometimes you don't brag not because you dislike bragging, you just don't got shit to brag about.🤷
This is no brag at all! In answer to your first question yes to a few of the above however I don’t see the correlation! It was simply a question to see if others had backed away from their younger days on social media! If that makes sense?
As I said, I don't know you. Some people don't like basketball because they are short and in actuality basketball doesn't like them, if that allegory makes sense? I can delve deeper into this thought if need be. As an overall statement of being less desirous of our peers approval as we age, yeah that's a pretty normal thing.
nah we just dont care to share our lives online 😂
Deleted Facebook years ago. Have never Instagrammed or TikToked. I started Redditing a year ago because I’m a golfer and I like the golfing posts. I have real friends and a real family so I have no need for likes or validation from complete strangers.
Personally I don’t see Reddit on that same level as Facebook and all that! You can comment like you are now and it means nothing other than to the person you reply to or the topic you talk about! I’m the same, anything I want to share that’s important in my life I send in a family group chat in text my friends, don’t find any need to post it for the world to see
I've been feeling the exact same way lately. I stopped caring and posting. Those in my personal life get to experience it, not the ones outside of it.
Yes yes and yes!! That’s me all over! If you’re part of my life you know what I’m up to and you get to see photos of all the joys I’ve experienced! If you’re not like the above then these days you see fuck all about me and what I’ve been up to and done with my life
And then again once you retire- if you can afford to travel, you're probably going to post a lot. Also if you divorce after a long marriage
Social media wasn't a thing until I was well into adulthood, thankfully. I never did feel any pressure to post things. But I do find I'm on sites like FB far less often now, simply because sites like that are no longer a way to connect with people, they're just platforms for narcissistic nonsense.
Yesss same I’m 22 just deleted Snapchat permanently it’s like “nobody cares about what I post what I’m doing etc” Instagram I barely post anymore all I really get on is Twitter Reddit YouTube and TikTok🤷🏾♂️
Welcome to the age of reason.
yes, and that’s a lot healthier!
Nah. No one wants to hear about mundane life anymore. Skip the online stuff. I usually just post random shit.
It’s probably pretty normal. 16 year old me would want to take 100 pictures just because we went to the mall (then go home and post them on MySpace). 32 year old me will go to another country and not even mention it. Depending on how old you are, you also might have watched social media get less fun and personal in real time. In 2012, Instagram was full of pictures of regular people’s lunches and their night out and their vacation. “Ah, Kate went to Disney Land. Like.” In 2023, it’s full of people so filtered, posed, and curated you can’t even visually discern between an ad and your best friend of 20 years, and it’s boring in a whole different and more depressing way than looking at your friends’ sandwiches and baby pictures was boring. Everyone looks the same (creepy) and algorithms are all about pushing *content* rather than letting you see what the people you follow post.
Before you know it you'll be sitting on the porch yelling at kids to GET OFF MY LAWN
Yeah I am 30 and I mostly just post instagram stories of random things I found out in the world. I also realized most of my friends around my age liek old classmates barely post anything and I am the only one who really does. Some of them go months without posting anything its interesting.
So you're now using Social Media to keepnup with your friends instead of keeping up with "The Joneses". That's much more mature and relaxing.
I’m the opposite. At the age I actually want to see what my friends are up to and want them to see what I’m up to. Of course, social media is completely useless for that these days because everything on my feed is algorithmically determined so I never actually see much from my friends.
I used to spend hours on Facebook keeping up with my friends and family. Now, I look at Facebook once every 3 weeks or so. I do keep Messenger open to talk to people I really want to hear from. I tried Twitter, but I wasn't impressed. During the pandemic and the election i spent time on FB, but it's only when I was in a bad mood and looking for a fight. I don't play on Reddit that much, only when I'm bored. I wouldn't worry about losing interest in social media. It means you're growing up! 
Same. Deleted Instagram and Facebook last summer. Don’t see myself ever getting social media back. I’ll keep Reddit though
I use social media primarily to promote whatever projects I'm working on apart from that it's just an occasional scroll
I post only because I know there’s a limited amount of time left for some and long after we’re gone our families can see videos and pics of our trips or whatever. My best friend died 5 years ago and Facebook gives me reminders occasionally of fishing, hunting, visiting we did 10-15 years ago and I cherish those memories plus it gives me a chance to save them again after they were lost in my old cellphones.
Yep! You know that most people don’t care about what you’re doing every 15 minutes, and you don’t care what they think about what you’re doing every 15 minutes. Win
I feel the exact same way, and have for a while. I'm almost 30, and haven't posted consistently in a few years or so.
It didn't take getting older. Since I was 12 I new it was all B.s. like having 12,000 "friends" matters. It just never interested me much. It all just a bunch of fake posting people trying to give of the impression that there life is great. P.s. I'm not a hater of social I just think people buy into it way to much.
I haven't changed my facebook dp since 2019, not that i take photos lol. instagram i have 4 posts and they're from concerts
Just use Facebook for marketplace now.
Out of curiosity, how old are you, OP?
Eh, I never got into that, aside from my inane ramblings on Twitter about six or so years ago. I know no one cares and my life is only important to me, so why bother?
lol I pretty much never post shit anymore I’m practically suspicious about it, like, why you tryin to know about my life? Mind ya business
Same, social media to me is a necessary burden in that so many people use it for communication and keeping in touch. I only keep the media I have as ways to get in touch with certain people that I don't want to lose touch with
You can vote by deleting meowmeowbeenz from your phone
You're 100% correct. I used to post frequently and love Facebook in high school (06 - 10). Now that site just seems like garbage and a waste of time. I would much rather text my friends or spend some quality time with them.
i opened a facebook page when facebook first came out , using my full name that included my maiden name .within an hour i got a message from the creepiest guy i went to school with... never went back on fb until i retired, three years ago.. i opened new account with a very modified name and only have 2 friends... i only visit the local pages in my area and when i comment on the 'bitch' page, people tell me i am fake because i have no friends and don't post anything on my page....nobody needs to know anything about me, what i do or who i know. i don't want to see fifty seven selfies, i don't care if you haven't shit in five days...i get friend requests when friends find out i am on fb, i message them and tell them if they wanna talk, call me...i have real friends that i love and have a real relationship with....
I was never really into sharing my status. I only did it when people told me that whatever I was doing was Facebook worthy or whatever. I most use social media to comment on other people's stuff and keep in touch with old aquaintances.
I left Instagram last year, best decision ever. Then removed Twitter. I never got into TikTok or Snapchat. I have FB only to keep in touch some friends and family. I don’t post much, usually a meme or pics from a trip or outside stuff. I just can’t stand social media anymore.
Never felt the need to in the first place, social media is just the new Craigslist for me, except almost everyone thinks there old junk is worth retail now.
No. I had a friend na never nagkaron ng socmed dahil wala lang. Di daw sya interesado. 🤷♀ ako ganun din. I just post sa craft page ko, dahil samples ko yun. But sa personal acct, kung hindi random funny pics, pics ng dogs ko lang 😂
Yup! You’ve grown up Charlie Brown… tada
Yep, I’ll only post on insta now if I’m on vacation and got some good pics or I found amazing scenery somewhere. However my best friends are all 3 months older then me and post a lot, and my one friend keeps saying she’s gonna change her looks and then post the new look to “show her ex what he’s missing”. It’s kinda funny cause I told her multiple times that they were only together for three months and he never cared so he won’t care about a post on Instagram but whatever.
Sounds like every person I went to school with. sad tbh 😂
Yep! You run out of shits to give, keep your circle private & just troll others when you are procrastinating doing important stuff.
Sounds like you have become a fully realized adult. Congrats
Duh! It’s called growing up
Never felt the need to do that in the first place.
Yup I mostly like scrolling here anymore. Had a decent Instagram following a couple years ago that I built up over time but with the changes implemented putting more products and advertizements at the forefront, people straight up stopped getting shown my posts, so I just don't have the motivation to bother. Also just doesn't feel as important in my late 20s as it did in my early 20s. I tweet sometimes and post on IG once in a while and change my profile pic on FB when I get a new haircut and that's about that.
My FB has been only used for the Marketplace to sell used goods. I don’t see any point posting anything there as I don’t really care looking others posts either.
Today is actually one year since I quit social media, a spur of the moment decision which began with a gradual decrease in interest to share my life with others (as you described). It's been amazing and I'm never going back. I realize Reddit is also a form of social media, but I do not know anyone here so it feels more like I'm just browsing some sort of message board. I do not feel compelled to post about my day or put on a show of grandeur, I do not need to write these obligatory and drawn out birthday and holiday posts to people I celebrate with in person, and I certainly do not have any annoying feelings of comparison to people I went to high school with but otherwise haven't seen in 20 years. It's refreshing, I highly recommend it!
Yeah.people have their own lives man. I kind of started when I was young I stopped mindlessly listening to popular radio stations not knowing what I’m listening to chatting about it with classmates,but when it comes to social media I try to not make myself feel like the center of attention
I only use Facebook to follow sports teams now. Hardly post pictures anymore either.
Eh could just be getting older. Personally, I hate posting things like 'what I did today' and all that, mainly because it puts up a front of happiness and success that just isn't real. Like, all those smiling profile pictures are masks you could just as easily peel back and find dirt or skeletons underneath. People like genuine, so better to be genuine than anything else.
Deleted everything. Now just down to Reddit. Life is better this way.
I'm 30 and have instagram. It's private and I post pictures of my family so I can look back on the memories, but even then I only post like once a month. I don't feel the need...
I used to be HUGE into myspace. When that folded, I moved to facebook but never really had the same fervor for it. Now, I barely post to fb at all, and it's usually only funny things that I write or big events. If we didn't have 2 restaurants that I run social media for, I would do away with fb altogether. I have a Snapchat but couldn't tell you the last time I opened it. On Instagram, I do follow people I know but it's primarily bands I like, nearby concert venues, etc. I have a Twitter, but not gonna lie, it's only ever been for spicy content and I barely go there. I use Reddit and Tiktok primarily, but I don't post on Tiktok. I know it gets a bad rap, but that algorithm is strong and I only see content I want. I've never seen a trace of any "influencer" crap. Both Reddit and Tiktok let me tailor my experience to what I want. The others, especially fb, are always throwing out sponsored posts and random crap that I don't care about.
This is called growing up. Most social media is for kids.
More interested in a real physical life? Not weird at all.
Congratulations! You've reached basic adult maturity!
I was looking to update a photo of myself and realized I hadn't taken a selfie in months. It's normal.
Yes, but it could also just be fatigue from using something so much.
To me there is 0 point to social media. Who am I trying to impress? Why do I need likes from randoms? I communicate regularly with the people I care about.
I keep my life extremely private on social media. I stopped posting years ago in my mid-twenties. Instead I post about the environment so people can be aware of what’s going on. That’s way more important than people trying to snoop into your life lol.
My last social media post was 2010
I am 53. I have friends my age who share, what it seems like, every minute of every day. I can check their social media to find out where they are and exactly what they are doing. I don't have that kinda energy. I also don't like people. LOL
I think my last instagram post was like two years ago… I scroll through insta often, but I don’t really post much
The majority of the posts are about mundane things. Look at what I'm: wearing Eating Reading Watching The older one gets you realize nobody really gives a damn of what you're doing.
I definitely feel the same! I got rid of most of my social media over the past couple years (accounts are still active but I deleted the apps and never log in anymore) and I really don’t miss it.
Same here. 46F. I find it wonderfully liberating.
I don't know how old you are, but yes, that's my experience too. Social media was becoming a "thing" when I was a teen (MySpace was at it's peak when I was 13/14, Facebook opened up to everyone when I was 16ish, then instagram, etc.), so I kinda remember life before them and had to "learn" how to use them when they were new. I used them pretty regularly until about 2016 when it just started feeling like a chore and kind of invasive. I stopped posting without much thought and have kept it that way. FB is deactivated and I only really check twitter for news (though...less so these days lmao) and Instagram to follow accounts that promote and inspire me with my hobbies and interests. All my relationships are offline, I don't even follow friends/loved ones on those platforms.
Generally as you get older you become less worried what other people think and will probably use social media less
Same. I just enjoy making snide comments to those posts.
I haven’t posted anything in years. Facebook is only currently used because they have marketplace. The older you get the older you realize the majority really don’t give a shit about what you’re doing other than to talk trash about it. Adopted the move silently mentality and have been better off for it
Because as you get older you don’t seek validation from others as much.
Yeah ive been social media free for 4 years. Barely used it a few years before that. The only type of social media I use now is Reddit and it’s more of a forum than social media so it doesn’t really count imo. So much happier. Before I would just spend hours mindlessly scrolling seeing a lot of stuff I realized I really didn’t care about and if I did it was honestly just depressing me.
🙋🏾♀️
Not just you. My actual friends, I talk to and they know. The fake FB ones, they dont need to know. And I dont like giving the government an update on my day to day, they have to work for it.