# Farewell Social Media | James Shelley

<https://jamesshelley.com/2018/04/10/farewell-social-media/>

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- Saved: April 10, 2018 (2018-04-11T02:55:49Z)
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## What Jamie wrote

Thoughtful writing on opting out of social media entirely.

> I’m out. There are many things I hope to do while I am alive… trying to convince somebody’s advertising algorithm to pay attention to me is not one of those things. Multiply this conviction by the sense that spending time on social media is a suboptimal use of time that comes at the expense of things I truly care about and leaving seems evermore desirable. Just one life to live: I refuse to be a collateral pawn in someone else’s attention war.

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## Facts

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## Appears in

- [WT49: Weekly Thing #49 / Apr 14, 2018](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/49/), Social Media

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