My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse-engineered its app

Re:My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse... by Drupon on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:10PM (#50382295)

>However, I’m super aggressive about social media and feeds I don’t control. Any app that shows me a feed I can’t turn off, sort, or filter—I take that as psychological warfare against me.

Is it just me or are people getting too stuck in a Manichean mindset about this kind of thing? This reads like an alcoholic complaining about a work happy hour or something. Just, don't use the social media stuff.

>For the longest time, my LinkedIn bio was “I HATE LINKEDIN.”

OP kind of just seems insufferable. Touch grass.

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Re:My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse... by Bratmon on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:11PM (#50382314)

Yeah, how DARE someone want to go to the gym without participating in social media?! What an absolute asshole!

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Re:My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse... by flanz_10 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:14PM (#50382355)

Both things can be true at the same time, lol.

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Re:My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse... by Drupon on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:30PM (#50410419)

Lighten up asshole

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Re:My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse... by itake on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:21PM (#50382467)

Why do I even have to see it? It is designed to get me sucked in. Imagine if an sober alcoholic must see beer ads every time they open up amazon.com to go shopping.

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Re:My gym forced a social media down my throat. So I reverse... by alistairSH on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:30PM (#50382603)

Just you, maybe.

I hate the "ubiquity" of social media. For me, it's not social media conceptually that's the issue, it's that Meta and others are not good companies. They exist by doing their best to get me addicted to their feeds. It's not healthy. Whether or not there's a non-harmful way to do social media is unknown (by me, at least).

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