I got off instagram after the great capitulation and it’s done wonders for my mental health. The hardest part was accepting the fact that I’ll probably never interact with the couple hundred acquaintances I’ve met over the last 10 years or so ever again.

If the social media app is optimized for profit, and the owner measures and does not care about the harm to your health and the health of society if it even slightly impacts profit, do not use it.

deleting fb and instagram, essentially when I was a teenager (which I saw early on was contributing to my depression) was best decision I every made. I moved to a small town from the big city and learned to socialize with people. Coming back old friends comment of how outgoing and easy it is for me to connect with people.