What I learned after 5 years without social media

Five years ago I deleted all of my social media accounts, and I wrote about it. Since then I have continued to write about social media, both in the context of why I don’t use it and what I think it should look like. I have even tried out new social media, like Hudd (review), and now I have realized that it’s been five years since I made my choice. In this post I want to give a bit of background of how I used social media, what I’ve learned after not having it, and going through a survey I sent to friends and family about me leaving social media. Background In 2021, I started small by deactivating my Facebook account, so that I could keep using Messenger. I did this so that I could still stay in touch with everyone that I hadn’t been able to convince Signal was a better alternative. Shortly after I started working full-time, surrounded by really cool people, I decided to just pull the plug. Before I pulled the plug, I was an avid user of various social media. I created my first…