Single men may have a variety of reasons for avoiding social media. Exploring these motivations can provide insights into their perspectives and decision-making processes.
A user asked the forum, “Single men who aren’t on any social media, what is your reason?”. Let’s look at the top responses.
IT IS TOXIC
“It’s toxic and basically just a thirst trap.”
SELF-CENTERED
“Because it’s vapid, self-centered, and really, really not interesting.”
TIME-CONSUMING
“I deleted Facebook after university; it was an absolutely useless, time-consuming garbage site for me back then. Nowadays, it could be useful to reconnect with old friends, but still, not interested in remaking it.”
DON’T HAVE ANY NEED FOR IT
“I don’t have any need for it. I see my friends regularly, so I know what they’re up to.”
IT ROTS THE BRAIN
“Social media literally rots your brain and gives you anxiety. Life was better before it.”
NOT INTERESTED IN OTHER PEOPLE’S STUFF
“Because I’m shy and not doing anything interesting like people traveling or doing cool things. I go to work, come home, cook, go to the gym, and sleep. The most exciting, boring life to show off.”
I DON’T CARE
“I just don’t care for it. Why do strangers need to know about my day and vice versa.”
FULL OF ADVERTISEMENT
“Those sites are basically a vehicle to get ads in front of your eyeballs, and I have a psychotic, visceral hatred of being advertised-to.”
IT MADE ME MISERABLE
“Not single anymore but was for nearly four years.
I got off because it made me miserable. Seeing all the people I grew up with succeeding wildly at life, becoming influencers, having their parents buy their houses as graduation gifts, and landing top-tier jobs before they even graduated college. Just graduating on time. It made me truly genuinely miserable.”
I DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW MY PRIVATE LIFE
“Other than Reddit, I’m not on anything you’d call social media. Don’t have Facebook, don’t have Twitter, don’t have Tiktok, don’t have Tumblr. I do have Discord and WhatsApp, but I wouldn’t really call that social media; I just use them to call friends. I never even really joined a server on Discord.
My reason is that I’m a loner 90% of the time and don’t feel like I want people snooping around in my private life. If you need to know, you’d know. I hate the idea of some random people from China or something googling my name and reading what I did last night.”
IT IS FAKE
“It’s mostly fake – bots or ‘fake’ low-quality people. Spend enough time there, and it’ll warp your perception of life.”
IT DISTRACTS ME
“I’m married but haven’t been on anything since 2008 (Facebook), and never signed up for anything before or after. Life is worth experiencing on its own, and I certainly have enough other things to distract me and also to keep me busy. I’m late Gen X and miss those last years when we weren’t all plugged into the Matrix yet!”
I AM NOT COMFORTABLE
“I’m not comfortable with the concept of having a large portion of my life set out for the public to view or even for a broad audience of people who know me specifically. The people I want in my life know how to reach me.”
IT IS DEPRESSING
“In short, I found it depressing. Full of negative, bad stereotypes and racism, always present attempts of brainwashing by various groups. All dipped in dark, sticky, and smelly woke sauce.
No, thanks. I have a life and love it.”
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