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I've been using social media for a long time now and lately, I've been feeling like social media is just adding to my anxiety and I tend to waste more time using social media than doing any productive work. 
In fact, I've thought of deactivating my social account and just go disappear for a while. Is it just me or do feel the same way? 
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I decided that before I started using it ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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does the Lounge qualify as social media?
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Maybe as antisocial media?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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I walked away from Facebook years ago and I do not regret the decision.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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What about Instagram, Twitter etc? 
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I never used them to begin with. I follow and contribute to a few disqus enabled blogs though. That's about as close as I get to social media. Well that, and here.
Edit: My PS4 uses twitter and youtube, so I do use it to upload screen grabs and vid capture to my PC. it's more expedient than using sneakernet and a thumbdrive
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Good to stop with social media, if you don't want to deactivate your social account you can install an autoreply bot like AutoResponder. Of course CodeProject should be excluded 
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I've tried to stay off social media for a few days several time but ends up going back to it. Now I'm thinking I should permanently quit it and that's only possible with deactivation or may be deletion. 
Such a tough decision
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I have a FB account where I was pretty active during the first years in europe, while I was studying.
For the last 10 years (more or less) I only visit it once or twice a year, just to have a look to the settings to check that they are the strongest available.
The only exception for that was during the preparations of my wedding... because some friends were easier to contact through FB (I didn't have whatsapp on that time)
Nothing else but codeproject.
M.D.V. 
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Nelek wrote: I have a FB account where I was pretty active during the first years in europe, while I was studying.
I am still a student  but either I'm wasting too much time on social media and that's affecting my studies or I'm too affected by the studies that the only way out I find is social media. Can't say for sure
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MehreenTahir wrote: or I'm too affected by the studies that the only way out I find is social media
And that's probably the problem. When I was studying, I always found time to go out and have fun. Heck during my FB time I was going out even more than usually, FB was the channel to organize us and to hang the pictures of the parties so all of us could have a copy. That was the nice thing. Once it was obvious the direction they were moving, I stopped using it.
But... again, if your studies affect you, social media is not the solution. You just need to delete the "media" and replace it with interaction. Go out, have a drink with friends, go to party on the weekend or do some trecking or whatever you like. Get fresh air and interact with people.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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MehreenTahir wrote: Is it just me or do feel the same way?
I heard similar before.
..but I never used FaceBook or Twitter and the likes and even my smartphone is usually at home, uncharged. I don't want to be called during work, unless it is something that the receptionist puts through. Anyone calling the private number will have to wait until I am home and finished eating.
Seen this weeks poll?
Survey Results - What bugs you the most when coding?[^]
I can see how social media interrupts your flow; once you compile it may be tempting to look and feel the need to answer.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: even my smartphone is usually at home
I usually do that but again when I'm back to my place the first thing I do is check my phone and well social media accounts
Feels like a drug now and I don't know how to overcome it (at least not yet) 
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It is. Do you take your phone with you when going to the toilet?
If it is important, they'll call again in a few minutes anyway. Addictions are easier to avoid than to break - I have never attempted to quit smoking, and only once did I try to do away with coffee.
The difference with those substances with phones and social media is the point that other people try to encourage you to use them. People expect that you're available to answer, and expect that you make time for it. That social aspect will make it harder to break than an antisocial habit like smoking.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Do you take your phone with you when going to the toilet?
Thankfully no and never 
Eddy Vluggen wrote: The difference with those substances with phones and social media is the point that other people try to encourage you to use them
That's one of the main reasons I couldn't avoid social media more than a few days and well, a part of me is kinda afraid of losing friends I'm only in touch with social media including international friends. But then I'm being more and more depressed and at least 50% credit goes to social media.
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MehreenTahir wrote: a part of me is kinda afraid of losing friends I'm only in touch with social media including international friends.
When was the last time you seen each other in real life? There's a lot of contacts that I lost over the years, and despite me being a bit of a hermit I always get new ones.
MehreenTahir wrote: But then I'm being more and more depressed and at least 50% credit goes to social media. 
I hope you are having some friends outside social media? Or is SM eating your time away so much you're becoming isolated?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: Or is SM eating your time away so much you're becoming isolated?
Actually I'm using social media not to isolate myself otherwise all I want at the moment is to be alone. Does that even make sense? 
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MehreenTahir wrote: Actually I'm using social media not to isolate myself otherwise all I want at the moment is to be alone. Does that even make sense?
Yes. We're a social species, and rely often on talents of others.
Still, some seek solitude for different reasons and for most it is a bad idea. Without having other people as a touchstone and keeping one rational, we tend to magnify certain things.
Not sure if you should share the reason why you want to be alone, but it sounds like it is making the dependence on social media worse.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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How long did it take you to come to this conclusion? That's nothing new here. Social media causes people to be anxious and depressed.
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Took me long enough to have fallen for the trap. 
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Most of the replies, including this one, are from older folks who have not been subjected to SM until they grew a strong sense of self. I suggest that you have an addictive personality trait and you will probably not be able to wean yourself off SM without help.
Get some help, there are probably a number of organisations out there who can help you.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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The only social media I use is FB (strictly through the web interface). I find it immensely useful to keep in touch with my family friends who are spread throughout the world. I'm also a member of a few FB groups related to my hobbies (playing music and collecting model cars) and have made some very useful real-life connections as a result. I also browse FB only a few times a day: usually with my morning coffee, and just before I go to bed at night.
/ravi
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It's not just how you feel, it's scientifically proven[^] 
CP adds to this feeling too.
I see all of you talking about technologies I don't know and writing articles I don't understand and it gives me a feeling of inferiority that's holding me back professionally and financially 
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MehreenTahir wrote: I've been feeling like social media is just adding to my anxiety and I tend to waste more time using social media than doing any productive work.
In a nutshell -- what's social media? That pretty much states my relationship to it. And yes, you're absolutely right -- a waste of time, can be stressful, and seriously distracting.
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