America’s Teens Are Choosing YouTube Over Facebook
Although this might not add any value to the general discussion, i feel the urge to break my lurker-silence and share my latest epiphany: end-twenties german compsci-student here. in retrospective, my act of leaving facebook and (obviously in contrast to a lot of other users here) not replacing it with any substitute "social media" account might have had a bigger impact on my life as i would have guessed. Since years, i have been using Telegram, signal, SMS, the gold old phonecalls, email and IRC (my jabber contacts also moved to signal, etc.) and i can guarantee you to have a pretty reduced social life. In a more active phase of my life (a couple of years ago) i still went frequently to concerts with 2-3  friends who would send me routinely emails containing facebook-screenshots etc. ... Nowadays i lead a life most separated from the rest of the "social" world. Of course i still have friends and visit Them from time to time, etc. ... But on facebook i realized my self-consuming habit of constantly checking what other ppl i rarely knew thought or did or "liked". I have to admit that despite this time consuming social media habits i could really lead a reflected and productive life, but to be honest i still put feel time into passively(!) surfing the net, reading and watching a lot of news, journals, trivia, etc. Through other eyes this comment might seem bitter, but i actually enjoy my life without this burden of social media platforms on myself. Are here some other 'conscientious objectors'?