#deleting social media

[hiperfixationqueen]

Tumblr is now officially my only social media and I feel confident in my decision of deleting everything else, here it feels like home, there it felt like the loud obnoxious club you end up on a Friday night because you can't say no to your friends

[chenxhen]

on deleting social media.

Why I did it:

A simple sentence that encapsulates my reason for going social media free is: To experience the world for myself.

Let me elaborate (a blog is made to fill a space with words after all).

I've always cared, a little too much. Whether it be caring about how others think about me, or just plain caring about others. It stems from a childhood filled with neglect, though it wasn't anyone's fault. It was simply a result of circumstance. My family members are all wonderful people. They just happened to welcome a child who was too observant, too sympathetic, and too quiet. As long as there was any semblance of life in my presence, my first thought would be to care about them. How are they feeling? Why does their face look so sad? This characteristic of mine made me feel extremely lonely. I always felt like no one cared about me the way I do them. Eventually, this made me seek attention, through superficial things. I tried anything I could to affirm my existence. I was always a top student in school, I always dressed well, and any talent that I felt like I lacked, I would look to the best of the best for inspiration and learning.

I felt like an attention seeker.

I wasn't one.

But it felt as if everyone thought I was vain, and cold.

All I wanted was for one person to notice me, and to tell me, "I know exactly how you feel."

As the months and years passed, I felt less and less able to use my words to express myself. I hid behind anonymous blogs, and hidden social media accounts. I didn't want to seem like an attention seeker to those who already knew me. That's not who I am. So, even when those "private" accounts gained success, I didn't tell a single person I personally knew. My friends were jealous of me, and my parents wouldn't understand. I still kept myself hidden.

All of this, made me extremely susceptible to other people's thoughts and opinions of me, when it came to my outward presentation. I had broken myself up into pieces. I didn't know who I was. I could be anything anyone wanted me to be, except who I wanted to be.

After 23 agonizing years of trying to piece myself together, I'm finally letting go of everybody else, and focusing on my own image of me. I left social media with the intention to experience life through my eyes only. I want my own opinions to come to full form. I want my dreams to still feel like dreams - ones that I will charge towards with all my might. I don't want any external influence from single persons, good or bad, unless they are from those I trust.

We are all ever evolving, not into tigers, hawks, CEOs, or celebrities, but into ourselves. I want to be myself.

A little poem:

~ Chenchen I'm a poet and artist, aiming to make the world less of a lonely place.

[possiamo-andare]

for the first time in years, I'm actually thinking about deleting tiktok and instagram from my phone. my mental health has been on a downward spiral since the end of the summer and a lot of it has to do with my self image and social media. I will definitely keep tumblr as it's the only app giving me joy, but I'm definitely deleting instagram and tiktok. anyone who has deleted their socials before, how was your mental health before and after?

[cozylittleartblog]

"content creator" is a corporate word.

we are artists.

[rebeccasthoughts]

A Brief History of esports (TL;DR)

originally from The Battle for Glory: esports, TV, and media I like (and don’t) Despite large streaming numbers, and upwards of 10 million viewers, esports isn’t considered mainstream in the public’s zeitgeist. There is an obvious market for esports, gaming, and video games in general, yet the idea of esports is foreign to most and is deeply misunderstood by people. I think that this…

[tshortik]

Turn on "prevent third-party sharing" in your settings!

Go into your settings, click on your blog name, scroll down and enable "prevent third-party sharing". I'm gonna be honest, I question how much/if this even prevents any AI bullshit, but do it just in case anyway.

Edit: On Mobile it's the Settings Gear, Visibility, Prevent third-party sharing.

You have to turn that on for all your blogs separately.

[drugstoreromeo]

i cannot overemphasize how much i think about this post

[whitesunlars]

when I said “hey it’s antisemitic to ask a Jew their opinion on I/P before supporting them” they said “well what about checking if people support the KKK” and I will bet good money this person does not walk up to every single white person and ask if they’re in the klan, but they’re certainly okay interrogating Jews.

[irimori]

[driftwoodwolf]

I am not immune to re4r leon

new print for otakon maybe

[markscherz]

you’re super good at taking selfies congrats

and we haven't even scratched the surface

[paldogangsaan]

we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to check in on our sister city, bludhaven. reports say they are upset and a twitter war with gotham is possible. we await a response from the bat family. more at eleven

[theinsomniacindian]

I just mentioned I was an aplatonic aroace on Pinterest and some idiots responded with 'APLATONIC???' '???' and 'People nowadays just keep making stuff up to make themselves feel special.'

Guess who's never commenting on Pinterest again 😊

[amid-fandoms]

ok thanks for confirming

[nando161mando]

Reddit will delete your viral post if it highlights the depravity of the Israeli government

[anttheswarm]

fish fish fish fish