3889: How Social is Social Media? by Bonnie Brunet with No Sidebar on Digital Connection

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🗓️ 25 January 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3889: Bonnie Brunet explores the emotional toll and illusion of connection fostered by Facebook, tracing her own 14-year journey from obsession to liberation. Her reflections challenge us to question the role of social media in our relationships and ask what we lose when we substitute meaningful communication for curated glimpses into each other's lives. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://nosidebar.com/how-social-is-social-media/ Quotes to ponder: "It’s crazy in retrospect to think about the impact that just photos and the little sentences that we choose to share about our lives can have on others." "In the 90s, we wouldn’t have known very much about our colleagues holidays, vacations, or important moments in general." "My journey without Facebook has just begun but I’m already a happier and simpler person than I remember." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.8	to learn more. This is Optimal Living Daily. How social is social media by Bonnie Brunay with no
0:37.2	sidebar.com and I'm'm Justa Mollick.
0:40.2	Welcome back to a Sunday bonus episode where I give you a little extra content from a podcast
0:44.4	in our network that I think will also help you live a life that's a bit more happier and
0:48.6	meaningful. This episode's coming from Optimal Relationships Daily. So without further ado, here's Greg with another
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1:02.8	How Social is Social Media? By Bonnie Brunay with no sidebar.com.
1:09.2	It's been about a month since I deactivated my Facebook, deleted all the affiliated apps,
1:14.9	and then blocked Facebook on my computer and phone. In the first few days, I would still type
1:19.8	Facebook into my search bar, just out of habit, only to arrive at a screen telling me that the site was
1:24.9	blocked. I could have unblocked it at any time, but I made a
1:28.8	promise to myself that I would not. Now I know that the next step is to delete my Facebook entirely.
1:35.0	Facebook has done everything it could have done for me, but now our relationship is coming to an end,
1:40.2	and I'm happier for it. The relationship that I have with Facebook has become one of deep regret and resentment.
1:47.2	I made my first account when I was in eighth grade.
1:50.0	It was 2005, and all the cool kids were doing it.
1:53.7	MySpace was out and Facebook was in.
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