I wonder how close we are to diagnosing social media addiction as a legitimate illness. When I hear stories about people like &quot;Mr Instagram&quot; in this blog post, I really, really wonder... Mobile devices are turning some of us into zombies. It&#x27;s like hypnosis.<p>I&#x27;ve been slowly purging my website accounts for a couple of years, and not just social media accounts. Early on, I was inclined to sign up and try out every new service that came along, but more recently I decided that if it&#x27;s not a site I&#x27;m going to use frequently, I don&#x27;t <i>really</i> need an account for it. A beneficial side effect: far fewer logins and passwords to maintain.<p>As for social media proper, I just don&#x27;t feel any particular urge to keep up with the often-trivial details of everyone&#x27;s life.<p>As an aside, I find it kind of irritating when a website refuses to allow one to close&#x2F;deactivate&#x2F;delete&#x2F;whatever your account.