I don’t understand the cognitive dissonance. If you believe that they are not serving you, what point is there in keeping them around? It sounds like a smoker who thinks that by not having a pack of cigarettes in her pocket and constantly denying them that she hasn’t “really” quit.

I went nuclear on Instagram and Facebook a couple years ago. I downloaded all the pictures I liked and saved all the posts I thought were worth keeping, and then I deleted everything and I unfriended everyone. I figured if there wasn’t anything to come back to, then there wasn’t any reason to come back. As has been discussed here before, you can’t really delete a Facebook account, but that doesn’t mean you can’t empty it out. Most people just have too much FOMO.

I Got some texts asking if I was suicidal (I was not, but what a sign of the times!) but other than that my life has never been negatively impacted. I text my friends regularly (~10 people ~once per day) and I really enjoy the unmediated relationships I have with my real-life friends and family.