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What are your thoughts on personal (not anonymous) social media? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by xray@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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I haven’t had personal social media since I deleted it all 7 years ago. It was giving me anxiety to post anything, ruining my mental health due to FOMO and comparing myself to other people, and I had concerns about privacy.

However, now, with all these social media companies imploding and new ones starting, it kinda makes me want to rejoin social media again. I do feel out of the loop quite a bit not being on it. I often can’t view posts linked in articles and other places online because I don’t have an account. And I also think I’m way more equipped to handle it now that I’m a stable adult and not a teenager with an identity crisis lol. But I wonder if it’s worth it or if I’ll just regret joining again.

Do you have personal social media? What are your thoughts on it?

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[–] Kajo@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

I don't have personal social media, for several reasons:

as a teacher, I want to limit what my students know about my private life.
as a public servant in France, I could be sued for criticizing the President and his government (I'm far left and union).
generally speaking, I like that my circles of colleagues, friends, family have no intersection.