- Go to More Icon in the bottom left, then click on Settings
- To to Accounts Centre, and then click on Personal details.
- Go to Account ownership and control, then click on Deactivation or deletion.
- Go to the account that you would like to delete permanently.
- Go to Delete account, then click on Continue.
Disadvantage of using Instagram
- Comparing oneself with unfamiliar individuals.
- Addiction
- Unrealistic pressure to Embrace
- Privacy concern
- Cyber harassment or cyber scam
- Mental health problems
- Misinformation
- Deformed reality
- Bad impact on relationship
- Waste of time
- Distraction
1. Comparing oneself with unfamiliar individuals.
The reality of social media is far different from real life. But some people assume that the lifestyle being portrait on social media as those are real life of reel reater.
We should never compare ourselves to others because every person is different and unique in their own ways. Every person is special in real world.
2. Addiction
One of the worst situation of using social media network app like Instagram is being addicted to them.
It is always good to use social media apps for entertainment and refreshment. But some people are being addicted to those apps and these apps are so much engaging and they have their own algorithm by which they will keep you engaged on the app for longer and longer because as much as time you will spend on those apps, they will make more and more profit.
And more the time we are spending on these apps more we are getting addicted to these apps, which is killing our productive hours.
3. Unrealistic pressure to Embrace
These days people are more into showing what they are really NOT.
When we are using these apps and we are following people’s post of their lifestyles, which may not be always true. But we are getting influenced and trying to be the same as all people are following.
These things creating unrealistic pressure to be someone on the social media which we really are NOT.
Everyone’s life is different and everyone have different priorities in life. If we keep on following unrealistic truth on social media then we may lose really worthful things in life.
4. Privacy concern
If we keep on posting each and every occurrence of our life on social media then there might be case of privacy breach of our life.
Sometime this can be dangerous to us in many ways.
5. Cyber harassment or cyber scam
By using our some post on social media which may include some of our secret information which got posted by us accidently or unknowingly, someone can mis-use of those information for cyber scam.
There are also some data on the internet where someone harasses by using/manipulating their posts.
6. Mental health problems
Continuous consumption to unrealistic contents and constant comparison on social media can have a negative impact on our mental health. It can lead to feelings of inadequacy, low self-esteem, and anxiety. It is important to be alert of the content we consume and to prioritize our mental health above seeking validation via social media.
7. Misinformation
All the content we consume on social media may not be 100% true or accurate.
There might be many misinformation which may be dangerous or harmful to us. We often trust what we see on social media. But there are very uncertain chances of truthfulness of those information.
We may fall in trap by these misinformation spread over social media, so it is always recommended to validate critical information on trusted source before trusting or making a decision over those information spread on social media.
8. Deformed reality
There are many Deformed reality lies on social media. As I have mentioned in above points that deformed reality can be dangerous and harmful also it may keep us in dark when we are not validating the source of truth.
9. Bad impact on relationship
There are many happy moments are being captured or may be created intentionally for monetary benefits and posted on social media.
These posts keeps on making an impression on others to be the same or be same as reel life. But this is also a reality that everyone’s situation is not the same and everyone is not suppose to do the same thing.
When one partner fail to present the same life as presented on social media then the relationship can have very bad impact.
10. Waste of time
I am not against any of the social media, but social media is just for entertainment and not for consuming each and every content of social media.
Over use of social media is wase of the time if you are not doing something important out of that.
11. Distraction
Social media is designed with the algorithm to keep the user engaged and it gives the mind a happiness for the moment, but at the same time it is keeping us distracted from our important works of our life.
We can use social media wisely to keep ourself away from distraction.