If social media didn't exist, how would your life be different?

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DarkSider · Accepted Answer

Great
Very happy
If social media wouldn't be there

I met my first love there
Who left me for family issues

I live her truly
I can't forget her

Her memories are the most precious things for me now
But i miss her a lot
I am depressed
I have ruined almost two years of my life since she has left me
I runed my career
I ruined my dreams

I feel hopeless now

Second case is
I am being loved by someone
Whom i can't fall in love with yet
Because i haven't forgotten my ex
And haven't moved on

So i am also wasting her life
And i have already ruined her career
I have wasted one year of her life as well
Just because of this social media

I am blaming myself for everything wrong
Which has happened
In my life,
My ex's life
& This girl's life who is madly in love with me

I m so disappointed with life
I don't want to live
But i will have to
To complete the wishes of my Ex's for me
And for my family's happiness

That's it!!!
Suffering may have decreased!!!
A lot in fact!!!

BlueCoyote · Accepted Answer

Not significantly. Just a few days ago, I completely deleted my Facebook account. Now I don't have any social media whatsoever. I don't use twitter or all that other stuff (I don't even know their names). The only platform that would be hard to live without is youtube. I love watching cooking videos ;-).

chantricebloom · Accepted Answer

So much fkn better. I rarely post things on social media. I think it's so ridiculous how people behave there. It's so see-through, you can tell that they're obviously looking for attention and acceptance. I'm so tired of the people in my feed, especially girls, and how they comment on each others pictures like:
"omg you're gorgeous". If they really wanted to give their friend a complement, they would fkn do that irl. When people comment on another person's selfie, they just do that because the want to collect the number of people who'd comment (back) when they post a selfie. It all just sounds too ridiculous. Life is too short to spend it on how other see you. These things just isolates you from the real world out there. Have these people even tried to put words to what we have around us or attempted to explain why we're here? You have been gifted with a life, don't forget that.

pooper89 · Accepted Answer

Better in many ways. People not getting upset at stuff posted --whether it be a pic, a comment, a status change, or a link posted. For example, one theory to why gang violence has increased in Chicago's south side neighborhoods is, someone gets upset about what someone else posted on social media.
Relationships would be more peaceful. No one getting upset about relationship statuses or seeing their boyfriend like other girls' photos.
I think people forget that social media is public.

allison13 · Accepted Answer

I only use Facebook, and I guess GaG. I tried Twitter a bunch of times but it never stuck. I use Plurk for my really personal stuff (my closest friends are on there). I guess if these were all gone I'd have finished reading all the books I've bought over the years. Social media is a distraction pretty much.

Paris13 · Accepted Answer

My Life would not be As... Fulfilled.
I enjoy Helping Others here, dear. My Life may feel Empty, where I Enjoy being Online More in Doing this, than in Person, Where with my own Job, I do it Every time I Go to Work. xx

rjroy3 · Answer

I'm not sure. In some ways I'd be more productive, but I've made friends and met girls I ended up dating from social media as well. Rekindled old friendships. So I guess more productive, but more social with those in my immediate vicinity however less social with those farther out.

abou3atef · Answer

not so much different... apart from using it for study and work purposes it won't make that much of a difference on my social life not that am not a social person or whatsoever , it's just I don't believe in relying on social media completely for communicating

curiousnorway · Answer

I wouldn't get as much knowledge about the world without social media. Social medias may share something important you gets more curious about and wants to learn more about. For me it was history. I did also learn reading, writing and English more properly than I would do without it. I wouldn't being able to talk with everybody either without social medias.

Itsmeyay · Answer

We would have way less IQ obviously because having all this programming available with the technology and no one has yet founded social media...
We would be busy with email groups?
Soms way or another we would use the technology to talk to each other but obviously on a much smaller scale.
We wouldn't know the difference though so wouldn't bother us.

martyfellow · Answer

Gossip wouldn't spread so quickly, and people wouldn't organize so quickly to bully people, for one thing.
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On the other hand, I wouldn't be able to find people I've lost contact with. Now it's easy with Facebook and the like.

MadeInAmerica · Answer

Not much since I don't have any social media accounts like FB, Instagram etc. The only thing is my wife does and since she does we don't send pics as much through the mail since most people log on to see them. I save on stamps.

musikele · Answer

I grew up without social networks, and in a way I still consider my primary life outside the net. The point is that social networks are a huge loss of time

Prof_Don · Answer

... depends on if you consider GaG a social media site or not! ;-)

But out of all seriousness, it would be WAY more difficult to keep up with friends and colleagues from college and previous jobs. Facebook is SOOOOOOO useful for that!

Edymemelord · Answer

Hmm weird.  I wouldn't have friends.  Woudln't have an easy way to communicate with my signifiant other.  Or do you mean social media like instagram and twitter? Cause I don't use any of those.

forjvalr · Answer

Well my current job relies on social media so much (digital marketing), but if things were different, I don't think it would affect me. Things were better off in the 90s imho

CyberToothTiger · Answer

There would be less stress among people and i believe peoples life
would be more private. I grew up without social media to 2006 is
when i first started using the Internet so that was like 11 years ago.

Cuddlewolves · Answer

I don't even use social media at all. Unless Skype or Youtube counts. In which case I don't think it would affect my life much, if at all.

Izumiblu · Answer

not much, id just spend more time playing video games prob

DiegoO · Answer

I would surely be more creative, spend my time sharping my art skills, it would be by other hand a fricking nightmare, I woudln´t know my LDG, at least not anywhere soon, if destiny exist.

Unicorner · Answer

I would probably be more outside than at home, and be less lazy

Maxemeister · Answer

I'd be so much more connected with everyone. I don't have social media and if everyone got off their phones then they'd be able to converse with people for entertainment

Blitzkrieger · Answer

i wouldn't have to deal with any women who are so full of themselves because they get 200 likes on a picture they post on social media. so there's that.

Kaju4l · Answer

Every January, I delete all social media and it helps with my interactions in person

Bhongzilla · Answer

lol I wouldn't be making this much money and I would be lonely af. probably dead hahaha.

jman46241 · Answer

Well it wouldn't matter if it didn't exist in the first place..

rrggbbgg · Answer

it would have been a better life and the world would have been a better place

Lucifer_666 · Answer

It wouldn't be different since I don't use any of it

LogicBomber · Answer

It didn't exist until 15 years ago... and life was WAAAAAYY better!

george201 · Answer

i really do not have a clear answer but all i can say is (better).

TheFlak38 · Answer

I would never have met all the awesome people from abroad with whom I spend most of my holidays.

Flotri66 · Answer

My friends wouldn't be so goddam flaky. And be twice as attentive.

nomoreusernames · Answer

Not really at all. It would reduce in game bonuses I get from signing in with facebook

Words_and_Wisdom · Answer

Clinton would be president and we would be guaranteed into WWIII

ToruMatsuda · Answer

Well we would do fine like all the past years when it wasn't a thing

Mk_Johaxell · Answer

I wish social media was never created, because it's a waste of lifetime. Moreover, people is becoming more ignorent.

Anonymous · Answer

probably play outside with my friends instead of inside and wouldn't be so shy

SSVM90 · Answer

I probably wouldn't be as paranoid as I am

allahu_snackbar · Answer

It wouldn't, I'd still be a grumpy bastard.

Anonymous · Answer

I wouldn't have my wife

Doffydood · Answer

Basically no change to be honest with you.

gobsmacked3 · Answer

better- like it was in the past :)

nick124 · Answer

I would've probably killed myself

DWreck · Answer

Not much at all

Brittani_Breann · Answer

I would definitely be more confident and focused.

Anonymous · Answer

i would spend more time outside

yilanjor · Answer

It'd be the same

jakeofalltrades · Answer

it would be the same

Anonymous · Answer

It be better

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