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title: About
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ref: about
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lang: en
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permalink: /about
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redirect_from: ["/who", "/purpose"]
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layout: page
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description: "What quitsocialmedia.club is, how it's born and what its purposes are"
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---
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Hi, I'm Tommi, and I created this website. Let's skip the part [about me](https://tommi.space/about "About - tommi.space"), you can read it [on my website](https://tommi.space/ "tommi.space, Tommi's personal website").
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I spent several tormented months tinkering about the ups and downs of Social Media. I got very stressed and particularly obsessed with their [ethical issues](/why). Eventually, I realized [**quitting**](/quit "Quit") is the best (and probably the only) way to actually [feel better](/solutions "Solutions").
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Nevertheless, I concluded that <u>just quitting and doing nothing else is useless</u>. Yes I could feel better, yes I could start enjoying and experimenting [new ways of communicating](/solutions), but nobody else would benefit of my choice. So I asked myself:
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- How is it possible that the situation is so bad and most of my friends literally ignore the problem, even feeling something's wrong?
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- Why don't people get that it's in our best interest to [become aware](/why "Why"), inform ourselves and [act](/path "Path") to make our online and offline relationships better?
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- How can I share the crucial importance of doubting about the way the most common social media platforms work?
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- How to foster **curiosity**, need for knowledge and **concern** about the way most of our online relations happen these days?
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- How can I let people realize that it's not about geeky or technical stuff?
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- How many people around the world have my same concerns?
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Simply abandoning social media platforms changes nothing.
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I looked online for information and arguments to understand how Social Media work, but every publication always focused on few of them, and none was absolutely comprehensive; therefore, I decided to put everything together by myself
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This website has three main purposes:
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1. **Gathering in the same place** articles, researches, books, documentaries, interviews, and material of any sort which highlight how the risks and damages of social media outweigh their (still great) vantages.
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1. Allowing skeptical, indifferent and unaware social media users to understand that individual and **personal choices are fundamental** to improve online experience, making the internet a better place.
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1. **Being a reference point** for all social media quitters (who become more and more everyday), to provide them a reliable and complete yet simple and clear way to share their arguments.
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I know there are many other [great communities](/communities "Internet Freedom communities") which promote **internet freedom** and **independence** from big ugly social media corporations, but I feel that there’s an important point which isn't stressed out enough: **individual choices and actions are the key to global change**. **We shouldn't wait** for policies and laws to be rolled out; similarly, we can’t expect someone else will make everything better, someday. We need to understand (if possible) what's going on and steer towards [healthy solutions](/solutions "Solutions").
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<b>!!</b> I absolutely don’t want to force anyone to quit social media, and I definitely don’t want to convince you it’s the best thing to do. I want everybody who lands here to <U>carefully go through <a href="/why">the exposed arguments</a></u>, <u>to acquire enough knowledge to decide by him/herself what's the best thing to do</u>.
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{:.red .box}
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We need to understand what’s happening and look for a way to make our internet experience better.\
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Then, unite, stand out and be (part of) the change.
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Quitting Social Media might be a great start.
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## Notes
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- I chose the `.club` domain because it was among the cheapest and, in the end, it makes sense.
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- I want to point out I have absolutely **no personal gain** in creating this website and in spamming it everywhere. On the contrary, I invested so much time in writhing these words and building this virtual place (I’m not a developer) that I became very tired and stressed and I came close to giving up (few months ago, I was so sleepy that by mistake I deleted the working directory of this website, irremediably losing months of hard work). If you appreciate what I did, please [consider contributing](/contribute "Contribute")
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- I don’t expect for this website to become viral, but, deep inside me, I strongly hope so. Please help me by [sharing this](/share "Share")!
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