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It is widely believed that young people are hopelessly
devoted to social media. Teenagers, according to this stereotype, tweet, gram,
Snap and scroll. But for every young person hunched over a screen, there are
others for whom social media no longer holds such an allure. These teens are
turning their backs on the technology – and there are more of them than you
might think.
“You start doing things that are dishonest,” says Amanuel,
who quit social media aged 16. “Like Instagram: I was presenting this dishonest
version of myself, on a platform where most people were presenting dishonest
versions of themselves.”
Like Amanuel, Jeremiah Johnson, 18, from Luton, grew weary of the pressures of sustaining an online persona. “It’s a competition for who can appear the happiest,” he says. “And if you’re not happy and want to vent about it on social media, you’re attention-seeking.”
