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I haven't since Facebook, and I stopped using it in 2011-12. Nothing to do with morals or idk digital know-how, I'm just very easily triggered by people spouting half-baked, often morally disgusting opinions, and I'd rather not get my day ruined finding out a person I had partied with and gotten along fine was actually either very dumb or very evil. At least on Reddit/Lemmy/the chans idk the person so the emotional impact is lessened. 🙃

I use a couple of subreddits specific to Japan because that's where the knowledge is for legal, visa, financial, DIY, etc. advice and people refuse to move over. I technically have a bluesky which I haven't updated in around a year (it's for business purposes anyway). I also have a linkedin for job purposes. All other social media (FB, insta, twitter, tiktok, whateverTheKidsUseTheseDays) I either never had, deactivated, or fully deleted my account years ago.

Edit: some people are mentioning YouTube. I don't really consider it social media, but I do use it if that counts. I try to watch more Nebula, though.

I don't really use Instagram or Facebook but I do have profiles for my bussiness there. Other than that, Twitter and YouTube are the only ones I still use and have a personal profiles on.

If Youtube counts, then yes, it's the only mainstream social media I still use. I miss some of the subreddits, but I can live without them now.

Not much, but I leave a site more so because I felt the experience became obnoxious at some point for each specific site. I didn't want to be there anyways even before any other reason gets a chance to set in. I have very low tolerance for corporate / conservative fuckery.

I still use YouTube but my subs aren't toxic it's mostly just educational material and retro/modern tech channels. Zero politics. Adblock, Sponsorblock, Tweaks for YT.

I still use Twitch but only for old core variety streamers such as Vinesauce, Jerma, PMW. I adblock and don't sub.

That's it now for "mainstream."

I use Facebook only for Marketplace, because it has completely replaced Craigslist in my area. I sell custom-built Game Boys.
I check Reddit for news and hyper-specific hobbies that don't really have a place on Lemmy, but I don't have an account.
I use YouTube often, but lately I've completely blocked shorts and I've started downloading all the videos I'm watching to my hard drive so I can stream them through Jellyfin instead.

It's a reality that not all niches have sufficient content here, so yes I'm in fact still using Reddit for select topics.

I still use Reddit for news, because the bigger userbase means a richer comment section. Which is the real advantage of this type of platform over RSS feeds from news sources.

I still use Reddit to participate in discussions in my native language.

I still use Reddit to follow leaks for the games I'm interested in.

I still use /r/redditalternatives and sometimes search the site for mentions of the fediverse in hopes I can help others come here. Also to represent and mention Mbin, since everyone on Reddit always forgets about it existing.

I also still use Discord instead of Fluxer because friends refuse to move despite me recreating our server 1:1 perfectly...

Other than that, I'm not using Reddit anymore, nor am I using other social media platforms.

I only look at comedian short specials on Instagram and whatever other racist stuff, Trump's mental farts and genocide that come up on my feed

I reluctantly log in to Facebook once a week, because so many things about my kids are organized via there. I also log in to LinkedIn from time to time just to keep up with where former colleagues are working, as it's a large industry with many companies but with not that many key people involved.

Besides YouTube, I only really used Reddit in the last years. Since the API change I basically switched over to Lemmy. About once a month I browse one of like 3 subreddits for a few minutes, but that's it.

I'm glad I deleted my Facebook account years ago and never really got into Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and all that shit.

So basically just YouTube now.

My main usage is decentralized, but i still use mainstream ones when the information does bot yet exist on decentralized networks (reddit pages with solutions, whatsapp for family, discord for friends, etc.)

I use all of them, as long as people I know or care about use them.

I avoid idiots.