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I Quit Social Media in 2018 and Never Looked Back

The dropout movement is getting stronger by the day

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Stephan Kunze
Jul 23, 2024
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On a beautiful autumn day in 2018, I killed all my social media profiles.

Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Xing, Pinterest.

I didn’t just deactivate my accounts. I went cold turkey and deleted them. That’s what always worked best for me.

I’ve been off social media for years now, and never missed anything.

It wasn’t always that bad though.

When I got o…

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