A 14-step guide to taking a (fleeting) break from social media

[erronis]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/18/a-14-step-guide-to-taking-a-fleeting-break-from-social-media
Eleanor Limprecht

Meditate instead of scrolling. Ha, just kidding. Doomscroll on news sites and gnash your teeth at the state of the world

Step one: Write a post to inform everyone that you’re taking a break from social media. Phrase it so they know you’re doing something extremely worthy. Also say something scathing about Meta, so they feel guilty on multiple levels for remaining.

Step two: Stay on social media a little longer to respond to the people who respond to your post about quitting social media.

Step three: OK, now you’re really quitting social media. What counts as social media, though? Surely LinkedIn isn’t social media, it’s too boring. Spend a few hours scrolling LinkedIn. Decide you don’t need a business optimisation course or a tutorial on how to set up a job alert. Also, why do people send messages on LinkedIn to thank you for connecting with them on LinkedIn? They literally invited you to connect in the first place. Decide that not only is LinkedIn dead, your LinkedIn inbox is a coffin.

Step four: Spend a moment feeling nostalgic for the days when the spam messages in your social media inboxes were from square-jawed men in military or medical uniforms who were obviously bots.

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Good luck!

[Kali]

1. LOL