Qualitative interviews (N = 20) were conducted to investigate how individuals who previously used social media but had since quit perceived the benefits and drawbacks of nonuse. Findings from the interviews suggest users experienced several communicative benefits, including an increase in meaningful interactions with close relational partners and a decrease in social comparison with weak ties. On the other hand, many participants experienced drawbacks to quitting social media as well, expressing concerns primarily regarding job networking, and many also stated they felt “out of the loop” with the rest of the world around them regarding viral internet content. Implications related to social media nonuse as it relates to the existing literature are discussed.

进行定性访谈 (N = 20) 以调查以前使用社交媒体但后来戒烟的个人如何看待不使用的好处和缺点。访谈结果表明，用户体验到了一些交流上的好处，包括与亲密关系伙伴的有意义互动增加，以及与弱关系的社会比较减少。另一方面，许多参与者也经历了退出社交媒体的弊端，主要表达了对工作网络的担忧，许多人还表示，他们对周围的世界其他地方对病毒式互联网内容感到“脱节”。讨论了与不使用社交媒体有关的影响，因为它与现有文献有关。