Deactivating/Deleting Social Media

House of Tea said:

The realisation for me is when I was reading a hard copy magazine and I did the finger gesture to enlarge print. I wish I was joking.

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Lola UK said:

I’ve just read this thread and deleted Facebook and Instagram apps from my phone I’m always comparing my life to others and it’s damaging I think. If I was born 50 years ago I wouldn’t have a clue what my classmates were up to and I wouldn’t care.

I’ve got people on there from school, who I didn’t even speak to and wouldn’t give me the time of day, and I’m updated with their life and children?! Why???!!!

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House of Tea said:

The worse thing is I love reading, but my attention span is terrible now. Being online a lot just ruins your concentration. It’s all swipe here and click on this so when you read a book or a magazine it is hard to keep focus on one thing. I used to read lots of books but it has reduced so much. It was a resolution of mine to get back into it, it is relaxing and escapism. It is crazy how much focus has switched to sitting mindlessly online. Or you read about lazy husbands who spend their time in a chair on a games console not engaged with family life, only interested in gaming. Same thing I guess.

This relates to teenagers but I think it applies to a lot of adults too.

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs raised their kids with limited tech — and it should have been a red flag about our own smartphone use

The attitudes of Silicon Valley's power players to how their kids interact with tech suggest smartphone use should've been regulated a decade ago.

www.businessinsider.com

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