Teens Who Say No to Social Media

Re:Teens Who Say No to Social Media by thisisbad on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:22AM (#12424779)

I'm not a teen (22yo) and I've deleted all my social media presence years ago. Now, I only use text to schedule in person meetings. I am less stressed, more productive and healthier.

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Re:Teens Who Say No to Social Media by ams6110 on Sunday September 04, 2016 @12:00PM (#12425006)

My son deleted all his accounts when he graduated from high school. Said he was sick of it all and wanted to start off college without it.

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Re:Teens Who Say No to Social Media by rhizome on Sunday September 04, 2016 @03:20PM (#12426205)

Did he create new or other ones after he arrived at college?

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Re:Teens Who Say No to Social Media by Nothorized on Sunday September 04, 2016 @04:53PM (#12426657)

I did the same than him, and I had to recreate a facebook account. Reason n°1 were for group project : 90% of the people seems to have forgotten how email is working Reason n°2 were for the associations i am part of.

But I definitely missed last year (scholastically), and i feel that all the social network are addictive, so I am trying to avoid them (I only use Facebook through Messenger, I don't have Twitter, but it never took off in my country, Snapchat). I also don't use Youtube, because it is for me the television of the 21st century.

I am going back to college in 2 weeks, and I am slowly deleting all of my last online accounts.

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