Social media presence as in having accounts in your name with you being visible in the profile picture in mainstream sites (Anything Meta, Twitter, Snapchat, Tiktok…). I don’t consider anynounmous accounts on Lemmy, Reddit, Kbin relevant to the scope of this question.

    • mrnotoriousman
      3•1 year ago

      Same for me. Keeping in touch with friends is easy enough with my phone and discord. Hasn’t affected my dating life in anyway or hindered my ability to meet new people in general either. I’m 34 for reference. I had Facebook when I was much younger but haven’t used it in years

      • @[email protected]
        14•1 year ago

        Did you actually read the OP? OP is talking about specific kinds of social media that exclude Lemmy among others.

      • gzrrt
        3•1 year ago

        Aren’t Lemmy, kbin, Reddit etc. just web forums?

        Social media is a very specific type of product that (at least partially) tries to base itself on your ‘real’ social life.

      • DreamySweet
        1•1 year ago

        This is anonymous and has no effect on my social life. I have no social media presence under my real name.