Internet spring cleaning: How to delete Instagram, Facebook and other accounts
Most people don't need to delete their accounts.<p>I have a tasty bottle of rather expensive whiskey on the bar in my basement right now.  Luxury consumables are a good gift, I guess.<p>I don't want to drink it right now because I have things to do requiring sobriety, its a bit early in the day for that sort of thing, etc.  I got my reasons, none of them terribly interesting.<p>If I don't want to drink it for various reasons, I merely need to not drink it; for me this is very easy to do, not having an addiction.<p>An alcoholic whom does not want to drink it, would absolutely need to perform the ritual of dumping it down the drain.<p>Note that the ritualistic act of pouring alcohol down the drain does not cure alcoholism, it just wastes time and money.  And it is just so with social media addicts periodically deleting their accounts.  Usually comes alongside a long rationalization and projection about privacy and paranoia about sharing information.