[alexjplant]

I also deleted all of my social media several years ago (except LinkedIn in case I need to find a job) to enormous personal benefit. Most people don't care when I bring it up. When I lived in suburbia, however, it was a different story. For every person that was interested or congratulatory when I told them I encountered five that were defensive about it and chose to frame it as some type of personal failing akin to alcoholism - "well I'm sorry that _you_ can't use it responsibly, but I can!".

I've no idea why this is and have more important things to do with my time then try to explain or rationalize this phenomenon but it was definitely a thing.