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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For anyone out there that deleted Instagram, did you find yourself feeling better about yourself and your overall life?

Like so many others, I joined instagram way back in 2014 when it was a fairly basic photo sharing platform.  Since then, it's gotten worse and worse, and it's at the point now that I find nothing about it positive or inspiring.  It seems to be nothing but people showing a small snapshots of events, but curating it to appear is if their lives are perfect.  Vacations, new cars, home renovations, this list goes on.  I recently read that it's the most toxic social media platform, and I'm really seeing why.

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Yes! I started using instagram in 2016 when a boyfriend commented that I needed to get it. I got off it pretty completely in 2023 and have zero regrets. I post maybe twice a year and I look at pictures with the same frequency. Same with Facebook. I have a great life - three beautiful kids, nice house in an expensive area, great job, supportive and successful spouse, etc but I was always comparing myself to everyone and realized that it was unhealthy and toxic. I would randomly get on and spend 30 minutes mindlessly scrolling and at the end I felt depressed. It was like a bad drug. Just delete it from your phone and log yourself out from your personal computer. I rarely think about it now. [/quote]

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