#leavingsocialmedia — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #leavingsocialmedia, aggregated by home.social.
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PsyPost: Taking a break from social media does not improve mental health, mass data review finds. “The researchers searched scientific databases for studies that forced adults to completely abstain from social media for a set time. They excluded experiments that merely asked people to reduce their screen time. They wanted to see exactly what happens when the digital plug is pulled completely.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/09/psypost-taking-a-break-from-social-media-does-not-improve-mental-health-mass-data-review-finds/ -
Utah State University: Ask an Expert — Put Your Phone in the Friend Zone on the Global Day of Unplugging. “Global Day of Unplugging is a worldwide 24-hour digital pause, observed this year from sundown March 6 to sundown March 7, that encourages people to disconnect from the electronic world, experience nature and focus on real-world connections.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/utah-state-university-ask-an-expert-put-your-phone-in-the-friend-zone-on-the-global-day-of-unplugging/ -
Utah State University: Ask an Expert — Put Your Phone in the Friend Zone on the Global Day of Unplugging. “Global Day of Unplugging is a worldwide 24-hour digital pause, observed this year from sundown March 6 to sundown March 7, that encourages people to disconnect from the electronic world, experience nature and focus on real-world connections.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/utah-state-university-ask-an-expert-put-your-phone-in-the-friend-zone-on-the-global-day-of-unplugging/ -
Utah State University: Ask an Expert — Put Your Phone in the Friend Zone on the Global Day of Unplugging. “Global Day of Unplugging is a worldwide 24-hour digital pause, observed this year from sundown March 6 to sundown March 7, that encourages people to disconnect from the electronic world, experience nature and focus on real-world connections.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/utah-state-university-ask-an-expert-put-your-phone-in-the-friend-zone-on-the-global-day-of-unplugging/ -
Utah State University: Ask an Expert — Put Your Phone in the Friend Zone on the Global Day of Unplugging. “Global Day of Unplugging is a worldwide 24-hour digital pause, observed this year from sundown March 6 to sundown March 7, that encourages people to disconnect from the electronic world, experience nature and focus on real-world connections.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/utah-state-university-ask-an-expert-put-your-phone-in-the-friend-zone-on-the-global-day-of-unplugging/ -
Utah State University: Ask an Expert — Put Your Phone in the Friend Zone on the Global Day of Unplugging. “Global Day of Unplugging is a worldwide 24-hour digital pause, observed this year from sundown March 6 to sundown March 7, that encourages people to disconnect from the electronic world, experience nature and focus on real-world connections.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/04/utah-state-university-ask-an-expert-put-your-phone-in-the-friend-zone-on-the-global-day-of-unplugging/ -
CNBC: A ‘quiet revolution’: Why young people are swapping social media for lunch dates, vinyl records and brick phones. “When I discovered the trend, I decided to post on LinkedIn to see if there were any young people willing to speak to me about going offline. To my surprise, I received nearly 100 responses from Gen Z and millennials sharing stories about social media detoxes and digital […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/a-quiet-revolution-why-young-people-are-swapping-social-media-for-lunch-dates-vinyl-records-and-brick-phones-cnbc/ -
Engadget: In 2025, quitting social media felt easier than ever. “I remember losing focus, spending long hours on YouTube Shorts and IG. I’d look up bleary-eyed and shame-faced after hours scrolling TikTok’s For You Page. Now, after a few minutes, a bored ickiness sets in. I feel like I’m trapped in a carnival of bots hawking shampoo at me and I just want to go home.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/04/engadget-in-2025-quitting-social-media-felt-easier-than-ever/ -
Mashable: A mass exit from social media. “It was hard to predict how many would be joining us for this ‘Delete Day’ — having no more social media ourselves, we hit the streets with fliers and chalk to spread the word over the past couple of weeks. At the same time, we weren’t surprised by the energetic turnout. People are ready to take a real stance against the attention economy: it’s […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/19/mashable-a-mass-exit-from-social-media/
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Fashion Journal: I tapped out of social media for a year, here’s how my life changed. “I didn’t delete social media for mental health reasons. I just needed to focus on my final university assignments. But what started as a temporary break soon became a personal challenge: how long could I last without logging back in?”
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Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”
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Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”
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Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”
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Found in a few of my RSS feeds: Unplatform. From the front page: “Unplatform is an interactive guidebook, online library, and recommendations database intended to help you escape social media and join the indie web.”