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Ask HN: Does anyone else hate to see social media (Facebook, Whatsapp, etc)?

by jcslzr on 12/26/18, 4:47 PM with 3 comments

I don't think I am a bad person and I am not unemployed or divorced, although some friends certainly have more money than me, still, I don't see or don't want to understand why this happens to me.

It would seem like I am afraid of interacting with people on social media, but I like to interact with people in real life.

  • by simplecomplex on 12/26/18, 6:45 PM

    Yes, so you're not the only one. I don't care to see what stupid news articles and memes my friends happen to like every single day while mindlessly browsing their phone in bed, at lunch, at their workdesk, etc.

    I have a wife, a family, and friends. I see these people in real life. When I go to my neighborhood cafe, I talk to the locals while drinking coffee, not "working" on my laptop with Facebook/Slack/whatever in the background and headphones in.

    I don't talk to Alexa and Siri. I don't subscribe to Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon Prime.

    What's really creepy is all the people I come across that find this out tell me "they hate social media but could never do that".