is social media a toxic place for you?

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i have mixed views on it. there's times where i've had to take multiple months off of. and just delete the apps because it becomes toxic for me. i feel as if social media is all about likes, views, follows, attention and etc and personally i don't care about those things but i can quickly fall into a hole of being consumed by it or right now me and a person i talked to for a year romantically stopped talking to me and i can't bear seeing the things he posts or being blocked by him and etc so i just logged off. what are your views on it?

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Those that say don’t have social media, you do because you use this app and posted here 😝 but fun fact, at least according to public relations, everything that is considered a mode of talking to someone else outside of face-to-face is social media. Texting, talking on the phone, even writing mail to one another is social media. So... question unclear? Lol
But by what you mean, yes I do find it overwhelming at times. I’m very argumentative and opinionated. And by argumentative, I like having actual conversations with people who disagree with me to learn, but no one knows how to do that and they turn it into a piss fight to show their true maturity and I either leave it alone or get bored enough to join in. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’ve never shut any social media off because of it except for this app because it got so bad. A coping mechanism I’ve learned though is to write what I want to say, read it back to myself, and then delete it. I get out what I wanted to say, and don’t have to commit to a conversation with people. I only post what I truly feel needs said now.

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Glow, mostly. Other forms of social media, not particularly.

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I get it. But I like it because I see so many hilarious stuff there. And I love the interaction

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I don't have social media

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Yes and no.
It's toxic for me to see so much information all the time, because of course I see a lot I don't like in the world & it is very hard for me to bear. 
It messes with my ability to focus, too, given I have ADD. 
Seeing people I used to know, or making friends online seems very bad for me? It doesn't work for me & it causes me heartache and depression and anxiety. Occasionally it is nice. But I no longer seem to be able to handle having new people talk to me in my DMs. I can't explain why? I think I fear people and they stress me out immensely just by expecting a response. 
Occasionally I get in arguments that disturb me. People repeat propaganda to me, and it really hurts me. 
On the other hand!
Social Media causes me to learn a lot from other people, find articles i wouldn't have otherwise found, hear opinions i otherwise wouldn't have considered. I love being asked questions, because I think about things I may not have otherwise.
It's great to have social media when you are sick or too tired to do anything lol 
Social media helps me find groups to connect with & get involved in causes or sign petitions I care about.

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