Social Media Annoyances

I haven't been on social media in years.

Apart from the odd post once every 4-6 months (at the most), I haven't
posted at all on Facebook - let alone Instagram, LinkedIn, or any other
venue. But Facebook and Instagram keep bugging me for my attention.
Notification after notification come up on my iPad and iPhone telling me
that "Person" reacted to a post you haven't yet commented on. Every day,
dozens of them at some times.

Now, I know that I can turn off notifications, but I find it interesting
not to. Of course, I turned off the chime for them, but I still see the
pop-up reminding me that I haven't been there in a long time.

The one site which doesn't do it is Twitter. Why? Because I completely
deleted my account there a long while ago.

I feel like I'm back in the 90s with the little Tamagotchi pet bugging
me to feed it and pet it every 30 minutes or less (a friend of mine
bought one for me as a gift at the time). It's cute at first, but it
becomes annoying after a while. I eventually let it die.

The only reason I still keep Facebook around is because of my contacts
there. I've explained myself to them why I'm not on social media
anymore, but they all still use it. Somebody ought to make a site where
you can keep your contacts, but eliminate all of the rest of it.