Hello.

I am part of the younger side of Lemmy, and I wonder if there are any teens or otherwise young people that have de-Googled and/or removed all social media.

I notice, that everybody around me in real life uses Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, what have you… hundreds of notifications and messages from other people… and I cannot really relate. I deleted Instagram for my mental health, as some posts were greatly affecting my self-esteem. If somebody were to ask me for my social media, I’d probably just give them my number.

I don’t really know a lot of people around me that have this interest of online privacy (let alone people my age). So, will the (young) users of Lemmy enlighten me?

  • primscha @beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Haven’t degoogled. If I want to degoogle, I need to sort through a lot just to get started. I’ve never been much of a social media person, though. My only issue is that a lot of people around me get their conversational topics from social media, which is sometimes enlightening but mostly kinda bleh to me.

    I used to lurk through Reddit. Now I pop on Lemmy occasionally. When it comes to communication I prefer texting, email, or in-person.

    Social media is more of a last resort for me for communication. Hate Snapchat— uninstalled it and never looked back. I want to uninstall Instagram, but it’s one of the ways I contact people. I had to install Facebook for Facebook Messenger based on some policy my club has for board members… Hate that. Once I graduate from university I’d love to uninstall both, but I’ll probably keep instagram for the sake up keeping up with old friends.

    And no to TikTok. So many people have it but I don’t want to join in. Overall, it does make me a lil sad that I’m into privacy because I feel like I’m missing out on connecting with people. Other times, I don’t think I’m missing out on much at all.