Jon Ronson Quotes

The problem is, and I'm just as guilty of this, a lot of people see their follower count increase and mistake that for friendships. It's great to have followers, especially if you want to sell albums, promote shows, or promote your friends, but you still need to get outside and talk to other human beings.

My social media world is detached from my friendship world. I'll have friends in real life that I don't follow on social media, because I don't really look at social media as the way of connecting to friends. For me, social media is like a business tool.

I don't exclusively talk to people on social media; I don't meet people through Tinder. I try to keep it face-to-face, and to be aware if my phone is sucking me away from the rest of the world.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

I'm not on Twitter or Facebook or anything. I just feel like my life is better without it.

We want to bring people back to normal human social relationships. Your digital stuff can be there, but it doesn't have to take over your whole world.

While I am very grateful for the role social media plays in my ability to interact so personally with my fans, I also see time and time again how it negatively affects social relationships of the younger generation.

I'm not the kind to hang out on Facebook or Twitter or even talk on the cellphone, really.

You have to be careful that you're not too involved in so much social media that you miss out on real life.

I just don't do much social media. No, it is more important to strike a balance between ballet and real life.

In real life, we are all on our devices. We might go to a place where we fit the crowd and could meet someone. But, because we are all on our phones, you might not notice the cute boy behind you in line for coffee, and he's not going to notice the gorgeous girl sitting outside. So, we might as well notice them on our phones, on Tinder.

Fifteen years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the internet.

I don't really go to YouTube or, especially, participate in Facebook. I just really don't want to know that many people!

People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

The number of people who have either gotten married or had kids or started dating or just made great friends over Instagram is countless. I think we're the only platform that continues to be successful in bringing people together in real life for these real relationships.

I see some kids whose social media is their whole world, and I actually think it's good to disconnect from that.

I think we are becoming more obsessed about getting a certain amount of likes on our Twitter and Instagram accounts rather than actually living a proper, real, honest and organic life.

I don't have social media.

Sometimes on-camera friends don't translate into your real life, but not for me.

I am not on social media, as I don't feel the need to communicate with the outside world. People who matter to me are just a call away.

I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.

You can't socialise without being faceless idiots. More people have Facebook friends than actual friends these days.

I don't like social media at all, to be honest.

Facebook is not the world.

Everybody seems to be wasting their time online. There is such a narcissistic attitude. It's such a strange world.