68% of Americans either quit or took a break from social media in 2019 - June 2021

“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”

― Frederick Douglass

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(Frederick Douglass)

DECREASING INTERNET/SOCIAL MEDIA USE

Great positive changes are underway at every level of our reality. They began in earnest in 2012, and have been increasing in speed and magnitude. I began writing this series of articles, entitled “Positive Changes That Are Occurring”, in July of 2013.

These historically-unprecedented positive changes are being driven by many hundreds of thousands, if not millions of simple, inexpensive Orgonite devices based on the work of Wilhelm Reich and Karl Hans Welz.

Since Don Croft first fabricated tactical Orgonite in 2000, its widespread, ongoing and ever-increasing distribution has been unknitting and transforming the ancient Death energy matrix built and expanded by our dark masters, well, all the way back to Babylon, and before. And, as a result, the Ether is returning to its natural state of health and vitality.

One of those changes is decreasing internet use, and, specifically, decreasing social media use. That’s because moral and mental health vary directly with that of the subject’s etheric environment.

In December 2017, Scientific Reports unscientifically described the “Cascading collapse of online social networks”. Where “cascading”, while hand-waving, is only-general. The international news blackout that is in place on this subject forbids the use of any statistics that would provide insight into the magnitude of the trend I’m documenting here. Since sixty to seventy percent of readers only read the headlines, it goes a long way toward “compartmentalizing” the phenomenon.

The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. One of those variants is “dramatic”.

That’s why the article goes on to say “Using social network datasets we show the main factors leading to such a dramatic collapse.”

Where “dramatic”, while lurid, and accurate, is, once again, general. The international news blackout that is in place on this subject forbids the use of any statistics that would provide insight into the magnitude of the trend I’m documenting here.

The article goes on to say “The Hungarian OSN iWiW34 was active between 2004 and 2013 and was in the list of the top three most popular sites in the country for 2007–2011.

After an almost latent period from 2004 to 2006, the number of users started growing rapidly early 2006 and until mid 2007 the number of leavers remained negligible. The average degree of all users remained constant after 2009 but the average degree of the active users increased slightly till mid 2011.

Some users left the service already as early as 2007 and from that point on the cumulative number of inactive users increases quadratically, meaning that the number of users leaving the service each month increases linearly with time.

Around the end of 2010 the number of users leaving iWiW started to accelerate, which turned into a dramatic loss and lead finally to the collapse of the entire OSN.”

In this example, we see that the wild popularity of social media was in fact a fad that lasted approximately just seven years.

For any lingering Coincidence Theorists in the audience, I must take pains to note that the collapse of social media wasn’t just going on in Hungary in 2013, but rather everywhere, at once. That’s why, February 2013, the Atlantic looked down its nose disdainfully and sneered “Quitters Never Win: The Costs of Leaving Social Media”.

In November 2013, the honestly-named Federalist looked down its nose disdainfully and sneered “Facebook Etiquette: Why Quitting Social Media Is a Losing Proposition”.

In January 2014, in the face of trust in social media that had already collapsed, regardless of culture or geography, Heidi Cohen widened her eyes to simulate honesty and asked “Trust: Do We Believe Your Social Media & Content***?***”

Can you see how she deviously twisted it from “trust” to “believe”? The non-committal headline gives the sixty to seventy percent of readers who only read the headlines the green light to say “YES”, and move to the next story. The propagandist knows that many or most readers are eager to grasp any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.

The article continues: “The public doesn’t trust them and it’s not a small matter.” Where “doesn’t trust” is general. t’s used to blunt any specific insight into the magnitude of the trend. “Not a small matter” is Mil-speak for “a great, big, huge deal”.

Confidence games, or “Con’s”, for short, require that the self-described Con “artist” first gain the trust of a “rube”, whom they wish to take advantage of, or “fleece”. To gain that trust, the Con artist must put on fair guise, and pretend to be friends with the person or persons whom they are disabusing.

Disabuse - verb - persuade (someone) that an idea or belief is mistaken

In this case, the Con artists are attempting to pursued the public that social media is not, in fact highly negative, addictive, and in fact deadly.

The great news is that the Confidence game is over: Facebook’s traffic decreased nearly 50% from 2016 to 2018.

In May 2016, Computerworld said “I’m calling it: Social networking is over”.

Because we’re studying the subject, we know that it’s been over since 2013. It’s just that, even when they lose control of the game, the folks in charge pretend that they have not, in fact, lost control of the game.

Computer World is desperately trying to “compartmentalize” the collapse of internet use merely to “social media”. Remember, it doesn’t matter what the content people are consuming is - it’s simply the amount of time they spend on the device. 25% of students who used social media for more than two hours per day reported suicidal ideation. Newsweek describe it as “Two Hours of Social Media a Day Linked to Suicidal Thoughts in Teens”. While teenagers who spend 5 hours a day on electronic devices are 71% more likely to have suicide risk factors than those with one-hour use. And It was the time spent on the device, not the content, that mattered most.

You can see how the rate of suicidal ideation increases with hours of use, from 25% at two hours a day, up to 71% at five hours a day. It’s simply the deadly non-Ionizing radiation that you have been assured is not deadly at all. That’s the Confidence game.

The time that Millennials spent online dropped 2.3% from 2016 to 2017.

Justin Bieber quit Instagram in 2017.

The number of U.S. Facebook users in the 12- to 17-year-old demographic dropped 9.9% from 2017 to 2018. That’s almost three times the decrease expected.

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In 2017, Google, Twitter and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive were disconnecting themselves from the internet.

In 2017, Israelis were said to be “logging out of high-tech jobs for a life offline”.

In January 2017, more people wanted to quit social media in the coming year than smoking.

“Influencers” were said to be “turning away” from Snapchat in 2017.

In April 2017, weforum.org threatened: “We don’t trust the internet. And it’s putting our digital future at risk.”

In May 2017, Tonic whispered in your ear that “There Are Easier Ways to Feel Better Than Quitting Social Media “.

An article from June 2017 was headlined “Canadians show strength in ability to disconnect from technology”.

Facebook, Netflix and Nvidia dropped 4.5% “or more” in September 2017.

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In September 2017, the New York Post said “Facebook shares drop on worries about Russian ads”.

Where the Mouthpiece of the State has put forward a false plausible-deniability excuse, “worries about Russian ads”, as a cover for the broader collapse of technology that I’m documenting here.

Professional Golfer Rory McIlroy quit social media altogether in 2017.

In 2017, SpiceUKOnline shrieked “Quitting Social Media Isn’t Brave, It’s Narcissistic”.

Time spent on Facebook decreased 5% in the fourth quarter of 2017, year-over-year. The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. One of those variants is “odd”.

That’s why the entrepreneur.com article from February 2018 that I got the statistic from said “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg touted an odd metric on a Wednesday earnings call: time spent on Facebook declined by about 50 million hours per day in last year’s fourth quarter, or about 5 percent overall. But to Zuckerberg, the decline is a good thing. “Helping people connect is more important than maximizing the time they spend on Facebook,” he said.”

That’s an example of what I’ve dubbed a Satanic inversion, and what George Orwell called, variously, “doublethink” or “doublespeak”.

Tout - verb - attempt to sell (something), typically by pestering people in an aggressive or bold manner

In October 2017, QZ.com asked “What tech backlash? Americans still like Facebook, Google, and Amazon”.

Where “still like” is Mil-Speak for “don’t hate”.

The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. That’s why the article goes on to say that, “Among regular Americans, the rumoredtech backlash isn’t there at all.

Facebook’s stock decreased 30% from July to October 2018. In July 2018, CNBC assured “Facebook stock drop not the calamity everyone’s making it out to be”.

We all know that, if the stock of the company you owned decreased by a third in a fiscal quarter, you would call it a calamity.

42% of Facebook users disengaged from the platform in some way in June 2018, year-over-year. The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. That’s why the marketingland.com article I got that statistic from said “It’s not entirely clear from the survey discussion whether there’s any overlap between those “taking a break” and those who deleted the app. In addition, a majority (54 percent) also reported adjusting their privacy settings.”

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In September 2018, the Motley Fool explained “Here’s Why Facebook Expects Margins to Drop”.

In October 2018, itv.com said “Facebook loses a million European users in three months”.

Can you see how they’re trying to “compartmentalize” the collapse merely to Europe? And how they didn’t give you anything to benchmark the drop against?

In November 2018, the New York Times tried to pretend the collapse wasn’t happening with “Mark Zuckerberg holds power that is ‘unprecedented’ in modern history”.

The words “mystery”, “baffled” and “puzzled” are memes, used, among numerous similar variants, whenever anyone in the wholly-controlled-and-coopted Political, Academic, Scientific and Media establishments wants to lie about, well, basically anything. One of those variants is “terrified”. That’s why a Kansas City TV 5 article from November 2018 said “Teen suicide, social media and a terrifying connection”.

Where they’re desperately trying to compartmentalize the suicide driver merely to “social media”, versus the truth, that it is the non-ionizing radiation of “technology”, regardless of its source.

The article continues: “According to the CDC, suicide rates in Kansas are up 45 percent since 1999. The rates are up 37 percent in Missouri since 1999.”

The author put the snide “According to the CDC” on the front end to give the subconscious of the reader the green light to say “oh, that CDC will say anything!” The propagandist knows that many or most readers will grasp virtually any straw, no matter how thin, to remain off the hook of personal responsibility.

In December 2018, CNBC.com said “Facebook is no longer Glassdoor’s ’Best Place to Work’

Where “no longer the best” is Mil-speak for “the worst”.

In December 2018, Yahoo Finance dissembled with “2 toxic storylines for Facebook won’t go away in 2019”. They’re playing like it’s two bits of bad press, just “stories” that someone made up, versus the truth, that half of the world’s populace abandoned Facebook in 2018. They’re playing like it won’t go away in 2019, but it will go away after.

Dissemble - verb - conceal one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs

The article continues: “For Facebook, the question about 2019 isn’t whether the year will be excruciatingfor the social network; it’s how excruciating it will get.”

They’re playing that the mortal injury Facebook has sustained is merely painful. They’re playing like it will get better after a year. They’re playing that it’s not all of social media, but are rather trying to compartmentalize it merely to Facebook. Say what you will about them, there is simply no quit in these guys, and of course gals.

In December 2018, at the end of a year in which half of the populace had already quit Facebook, the U.K.’s Guardian asked “Is 2019 the year you should finally quit Facebook***?***” Even when they’ve lost control of the game, they pretend that they are ahead of you, and in control of the game.

68% of Americans either quit or took a break from social media in 2019.

Jeff Miller, Brooklyn, New York, June 23, 2021

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