Secure (or Delete Your) Social Media Accounts
If you insist on using social media, the very least you can do is tighten up the security and privacy features that such platforms actually allow you to have.
In the case of Twitter, you can enact 2FA to lessen the chances that somebody hacks into your account and starts shitposting on your behalf. Meanwhile, when it comes to Facebook and Instagram, you can seriously lock down the kinds of photos that are visible to outside observers, enact 2FA, and greatly customize the privacy settings for who sees what, when, and how. It will take some careful research, but being thoughtful and intentional about how you protect your online information is the least you can do when you’re giving up so much of it.
But better yet, just delete your accounts. How much is your life really being improved by watching the internecine battles between your ideologically opposed friends and relatives? How important is it to see what kind of brunch your co-worker digested the other day? Why is a death-dealing argument with a Twitter bot preferable to an actual conversation with a human? Delete the perverse, anxiety-inducing shit and go for a walk. You can’t get doxxed if you don’t have an account.
