your social media habits sound like an abusive relationship

Most people in my life still use big social media platforms. My wife, for example, is on Tumblr. As someone who has been off of these platforms for quite a while, some of the things people share with me sound extremely odd to me; weird rules and behaviors they feel the need to abide by or else!.... Whatever that may be. Some I even recognize from back when I used them, but now I have a completely different view of them as I am no longer embedded in a culture that normalizes them. For one, apparently some people are scared of unfollowing others. "I can't unfollow them! We already follow each other for years and they'd notice and then it's awkward!" so they'd rather stick it out with someone they no longer like or whose posts they don't wanna see. They'd rather filter out all posts via keywords and other means than just unfollow. Internet strangers! Not even people in real life they'd run into. Why do you feel the need to lie so much just to protect a random person's feelings about…