Rose's Thorns.

rosethorn​(sub female) - *sad not saf lol x

rosethorn​(sub female) - Ive just realized its the elections in America soon.... didn't this happen before?

WhatamIfightingfor​(dom male){CurvyB} - Any more social media i treat kinda like TV, i can always change the channel. Choose friends, and ignore mostly what I don't what to see. Might be why i mostly follow fun things on social media, it is what i make of it.

rosethorn​(sub female) - I don't think the algorithms help, if you're catching up on something thats all you see for the next few weeks i include you tube in that too

WhatamIfightingfor​(dom male){CurvyB} - The algorithms do not help. Sometimes I think it is nothing more than a random number generator. For example i want to watch something, like Bob Ross, and it will find it, but the related videos have nothing to do with painting, other times search engines change spellings, and/or the order of numbers, i am looking for a computer part, not a car, something a search engine should be fairly good at. Though it is rather entertaining to see all the random things netflicks thinks a word has to do with. But yet trying to drown out all the pain is rather hard.

rosethorn​(sub female) - I agree sometimes its baffling what else a search can come up with

Bunnie - I have cut out all media pertaining to “news” and “world events.” I realised that I am useless to anyone if I’m not my best... and feeling anger and hatred and fear is not me at my best. So I made a very conscious decision to cut out all the noise... including any political discussions either around me which I don’t take part in, or with friends wanting to discuss anything. Please don’t misunderstand... I’m a huge advocate for respectful discussion and communication... but I think we’re now far beyond that.

So I’m working on coming back to myself and my heart. Getting back out into nature has helped a lot.

An important lesson I have learned through all of this, is that some people will fight to no end to try to make you just like them. Some people feed off anger and hatred... so they need to create it to feed. Although I can empathise with their plight, I chose to no longer feed them. I don’t believe lasting change comes from anger and fear... or “eye for an eye” mentality. I believe it comes from love.

So my journey has become around, instead of loving the world for what it once was... or what it “could/should” be... trying to learn to love it as it is right now. And I need to have a very open heart to do that... so that is what I’m working on.

rosethorn​(sub female) - Im starting to realise we are beyond that too at the moment and im finding it odd. I wouldn't take it in a negative way xxx i get the anger and hatred thing and i think it was starting to mess with me and I needed to become more aware of that. For what it is now ... wise words but challenging xxxx

rosethorn​(sub female) - Just to say thank you for all your responses without calling me all sorts i can only imagine the response this would have gotten on another platform xx

LongerJohnny​(dom male) - I have never been in that situation because I don't do social media. I may be the last person in the world who does not use FB, I have one friend on kik, which I'm told is universally loathed anyway.
(kik, not my friend. She's great.)
And I have a few contacts on Hangouts, all of whom I could just call on my camera. Over the years I had signed up for and used others like SC and IG and (kill me now) Tinder*, but only long enough to never check them until someone asks "hey, do you use...?" By then I have no recollection of ever having done so, or no hope of remembering PWs and UNs and such. I do my social media-ing here and places like it but several months ago I did stop using Cage and Fet for a while because I was tired of the dumb. I didn't delete my account on either though, so does that count?
*In my desperately needed defense I only did so because there was this woman... Yes, sometimes I am really just that single.

slaveMikayla​(sub female){MstrJ } - I'm with LongerJohnny. I have never had social media. I do not have facebook, instagram, or anthing like it. I have hangouts to talk to friends and family. I have never felt the need to let the world into my own private life, I dont need or want other people's opinions about my private decisions, and I really don't have a thing for bragging. I certainly don't need to try to keep up with everyone else's minutia, so the events i'm present for are that much more memorable and special. I'm active on a few forums like this, and two petsites i've got one of the longest active accounts on... one for *cough* 19 years, and one for ten. I've whatsapp because of work, but I have notifications *off* and I look at it twice a day.
I limit myself to news once a day. Anything MASSIVE and someone will call me.
Sociology studies are clear that social media use contributes to depression, anxiety, and a slew of other negative outcomes. I've got enough of it in my life without adding <3

Someday when I finally live with my forever home I HOPE to be able to put down the g-d phone and computer for a day or two a week. That would be nice.

Lion​(dom male){Hazel Eyes} - Only had Facebook, deleted it couple of years ago and I have never been happier. No more seeing stupid posts, seeing false information, just isn't worth it. My life will never revolve around a tweet.🤪