Rec | NEW DREW GOODEN VIDEO

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I know I might be preaching to the choir here but social media is so tired, corny and played out. If I’m gonna end up feeling awful, both physically and mentally, WHY ON EARTH AM I WILLINGLY SPENDING HOURS OF MY DAY ON IT. I’ve spent the past 2 weeks without social media except this one, Pinterest, Substack, and Letterbox. These 4 apps are actually fun to me, mostly because they don’t demand my attention for more than 10 minutes, which is honestly enough time to get through the week. Good morning, Good evening and Good night. I ❤️ Drew Gooden

@zorybreaux

Mar 1, 2025

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I HAVE DELETED ALL SOCIAL MEDIA OFF MY PHONE

Nonsensical ramble: It has been over a year since I’ve last had social media on my phone (not counting apps used solely for messaging, ie, discord, messenger, etc), and I can feel the difference. the only time i use social media is when I’m on my laptop and its usually no longer than 30 minutes a day as an unwind (even then, it’s only Pi.fyi because i refuse to go on social media that allows for doom scrolling). I feel the difference. My mind feels so much more clear, my memory has sharpened, and, oddly enough, I’m not as quick to get angry and i’m less irritable. I’ve never realised that it was an addiction. In the few times i have found myself in a trap of doomscrolling on instagram on the occasions that I needed to message someone on that platform and actively needed to sign into my account, i feel horrible after. like my focus had weened and i get grumpy and agitated more easily. It genuinely feels like a relapse. I promise you, cold turkey it and it will be for the better. I am not saying get rid of it, but you will find time in your days again. I’m more creative, I’m reading more, I’m absorbing more information that what I did while i was an avid social media user, and i have time for new hobbies. I’m not being dramatic, i’m being 100% serious.

@jilly

May 4, 2025

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Having just PI.FYI and Bluesky for socials

Went cold-turkey off IG/FB a couple months back and had already ditched Twitter a couple years ago. It was a weird switch at first (especially IG). There are just some people I'm probably never going to be in contact with again, and for others, I won't have passive daily updates on their lives. Honestly, I think that's normal. It's just not the cultural norm. There are definitely things I miss and events I don't know about, but I'm still filling my life with great things and am just texting people instead. This place has effectively been a public gratitude journal, and Bluesky is where I can still toss unhinged takes into the void as well as get my news. As with most millennials, I'm admittedly still wired to seek validation from people on the internet, but cutting out an algorithmic-driven life has been so much better for my mental health. The more I learn about the perils of big tech, the more I wish people in my life felt empowered to do the same, but I get that people have complex relationships with the big platforms. Edit: I guess I also have Substack, but the 'social' aspects of it are so unappealing, I hardly ever look at it.

@theclack

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Deleting instagram, even if it’s just for a little while.

i’m definitely not the first person here to make a rec about this, but my tired brain is truly rejoicing. i have a very hard time completely leaving it since i communicate and share creative work through the app, but i think i’ve decided i will only be on it once a week or when i need/want to post. that’s all. as an already anxious person, seeing the same anxiety-inducing general information (as in something i could easily find on google or a news app) be reposted by 20+ people on their stories has become HELL, especially these last few weeks. not only that, but the constant push of personal opinions about such matters (even if i agree with them) just seems to warp your perception of people. maybe i’m just a wimp, but i don’t think humans were meant to see each other in such a way; we’re not so flashy and impulsive face to face. add the endless scrolling onto that, and it’s downright exhausting and kills productivity. there is so much more dimension and depth to humans and life than what is said or done or seen through this screen. can we please go back to flip phones?