For me it’s input. I have a continually thinking mind that feels that I must have something to say on anything. Whenever I’ve gotten rid of a Reddit account or took even a day or two off from activity on the internet. I had an itch to say something whenever something is reported or something I’ve seen while browsing that peaked my interest.
And I feel I have to say something on it, even if small. But yet I try to restrain myself from doing so because of how manufactured social media has become today.
It’s gotten a little better, mainly because you know, after registering so many accounts for so long and having to upkeep so many. It is tiring to do for me so I think I’m finally slowing down from that to where this issue won’t nearly be as big as it once was.
Facebook? It’s a long story but the short version is I’m married and it wasn’t a war worth waging.
I was talking about the reddit one actually, but now I’m more concerned that what online accounts you have is somehow dictated by your partner. That’s bizarre to me.
There are a bunch of family pictures and messages from early in our relationship. I need to be able to share photos and updates with the family and that’s how we do it.
You make it sound dictatorial, but the truth is I just don’t fucking care that much and it turned out to be a huge boon when planning her 50th birthday. I just have no use for spending time on the app, which having an account doesn’t obligate me to do.
As for Reddit, changing the password was pretty simple. I abandoned several Reddit accounts that way when I started feeling like the sum of all my comments revealed too much about me that I might have to worry about being doxxed just because I cheesed off the wrong autistic asshole. So every 3-4 years I’d start over from scratch. It was natural to just so that again.
Warned you. Long stories, none of it interesting.