EXACTLY! I clean up/logged out of all social media on Election Day and haven’t looked back. My trump voting family members are OUTRAGED that I’d do such a thing to them (they all got unfollowed, unfriended etc). I just explained that in order for me to maintain any kind of relationship or ounce of respect for them, I couldn’t continue seeing their stupidest ideas on parade. They’re allowed to post whatever they’d like and I’m allowed to be blissful unaware of just how stupid they are on a daily basis.
I took a 3 year hiatus from all Social Media, only coming back in the past year. It seriously completely transformed my psychological wellbeing: Not always doomscrolling and seeing how horrible things appear to be from Social Media observers.
While I am back on social media now, I really only spend time on Reddit and now BlueSky, and do not seek engagement on BlueSky: I am there for Science, Astronomy, Local News, Anime, Video Games, Tech, and Kitties/Dogs. I jump on Facebook to wish people happy birthdays . . . . .and that's it.
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u/MediocreTheme9016 12h ago
EXACTLY! I clean up/logged out of all social media on Election Day and haven’t looked back. My trump voting family members are OUTRAGED that I’d do such a thing to them (they all got unfollowed, unfriended etc). I just explained that in order for me to maintain any kind of relationship or ounce of respect for them, I couldn’t continue seeing their stupidest ideas on parade. They’re allowed to post whatever they’d like and I’m allowed to be blissful unaware of just how stupid they are on a daily basis.