Taking A Break From Facebook And Instagram To Improve Mental Health?

I know this is not an airport and I don’t need to announce my departure… but I’m leaving. After hearing about riots in The Hague (my hometown) and various other Dutch cities in late 2021 it’s time to call it as I see it: as social media has played a role in starting and spreading misinformation and polarizing opinions all throughout the Covid19 pandemic, why not just call it a day?

Most people post everything three times anyway and maintain the same presence across multiple networks. Instagram even facilitates that by allowing to post the same thing automatically to Facebook as a post or story. If you think about it, there may actually be very little need to maintain a presence on all social media platforms. I never bought into TikTok and Snapchat to begin with, but even the ones I did use for a while, especially those owned by Facebook (now called Meta), maybe don’t serve much of a purpose either?

But there’s a few personal reasons too… 

To name a few: 

• I feel a little more sad every tim…