Hello.

I am part of the younger side of Lemmy, and I wonder if there are any teens or otherwise young people that have de-Googled and/or removed all social media.

I notice, that everybody around me in real life uses Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, what have you… hundreds of notifications and messages from other people… and I cannot really relate. I deleted Instagram for my mental health, as some posts were greatly affecting my self-esteem. If somebody were to ask me for my social media, I’d probably just give them my number.

I don’t really know a lot of people around me that have this interest of online privacy (let alone people my age). So, will the (young) users of Lemmy enlighten me?

  • JVT038English
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    10 months ago

    18M.

    I started replacing big tech stuff last year, and I have bought a Murena Fairphone 4 with degoogled /e/OS.

    I guess my primary reason is just my natural interest in tinkering with digital stuff and trying out new technologies. Besides that, I don’t like Snapchat, Facebook or Twitter, and I’m trying to get rid of Reddit as well.