r/AskMenAdvice • u/Pure_Study_4964 • 1d ago
2025 New Resolution?
Hello Redditians! My New Year’s resolution is to delete all social media apps from my phone—Facebook, Instagram, Telegram—and only keep YouTube. However, I plan to use YouTube strictly for educational and inspirational content, avoiding anything that promotes negativity or low-value content.
If you’ve done something similar or have recommendations on how to fill the gap left by social media, I’d love to hear your ideas! How do you stay connected, entertained, or informed in healthier ways? Any tips or suggestions?
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u/Double-Top-Secret 1d ago
Sorry to say that I have no useful advice here. I've been off Facebook specifically for over a decade, but recently they've occasionally sucked me in as I've tried to dash past the home screen to get to Marketplace, for which there really is no substitute right now. Never got down with the social media aspect of YouTube (sometimes I can't even find the comment section!), and Twitter and Insta never appealed to me.
Reddit, however, is a powerful addiction. They just suspended all my accounts and here I am trying to rebuild enough online social credit to be able to participate in the useful subs.
So I'll say that it's certainly possible to limit your socials use, but going completely offline is bound to be exceedingly challenging, and may even create its own problems in the modern world. For example, my general lack of an online presence created doubt in the minds of girls I was trying to meet up with. They figured I was either a liar/cheater; a bot or troll account; or 90 years old.
Good luck!