Insincere social media

Last night I deleted my Threads account. I have beenmostly avoiding Threads/BlueSky/Facebook for a while now but occasionally dip in to check… nothing of real importance. I only popped on last night ahead of the Scotland vs Brazil match —a match we are not gonna talk about— to share the camaraderie and whilst I was there I did a little scrolling and replied to a couple of threads. A few minutes later I got a not so nice response to my reply, then another backing it up. I’m a reasonable guy, and mindful of many things, but the knee jerk reactions of internet strangers has always sat awkwardly with me. I know they don’t know me, but my approach when considering replying to someone is either to find out a bit about who has responded, or more often than not to just not reply. It reminded me of why I’d stepped away from social media. And with a big wave of FUCK THIS SHIT I deleted the account. Bluesky will be next. I’m talked all of this round and round before. Last night though I realised…