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The LOG OFF Think Tank seeks to mobilize young people to explore social media’s impact on younger generations through a diverse array of creative initiatives. The Think Tank consists of LOG OFF’s online Substack publication, The Feed, and our podcast, “LOG OFF & Listen Up”. Read more about our creative initiatives.
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The Feed
LOG OFF’s Online Blog hosted on Substack works to develop and share stories from diverse voices, ranging from experts in the tech-wellness sector, youth from the LOG OFF community, and individuals with something to say regarding their online experience.
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LOG OFF and Listen Up
LOG OFF and Listen Up is our very own podcast! We get the chance to sit down with folks across the movement to chat about how they navigate their experience online. An extension of the LOG OFF Movement, LOG OFF and Listen Up features conversations about the complex relationship between today’s youth and 21st century technology. Join us each month as we discuss digital wellness, online culture, social media reform, and so much more.
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The Feed
I Was An iPad Kid Before It Was An Insult
I was in elementary school when I got an iPad. My favorite thing to do was watch Minecraft videos on YouTube. That was my introduction to social media. It wasn’t with a smartphone, not with an app tied to a personal profile, just a tablet and an algorithm that never wanted me to stop watching.
The Feed
A Late User: The "Unimaginable" Possibility of Living Independent and Free of Social Media
For young people today, social media appears as an absolute necessity. A norm that is unquestioned. Everyone has a mobile phone. Everyone is on social media. So, is it possible to live in the mainstream of society without social media? How about without a phone?
ScienceNews
The truth about brain rot, according to science
Emma Lembke joined Instagram at age 12. Soon, she found herself “scrolling mindlessly for hours, addicted to gaining a certain number of likes, a certain number of comments.”
The Feed
Is Social Media Social Anymore?
In 2025, nearly half of U.S. teenagers said social media has a mostly negative effecton people their age. For a generation that has never known life without platforms like Instagram, TikTok, or Snapchat, that statistic is striking. Social media was designed to make communication instant, communities accessible, and friendships borderless. Yet if so many young […]
Parent Map
Meet the Gen Z Activist Leading the Fight to Fix Social Media
Young people like Emma Lembke are challenging social media to reduce its harm to teen mental health
The Feed
A Critique of 'Excuse Culture'
Not subscribing to popular technology immediately set me apart from my peers. In classrooms, I often feel the other-ness of having a “hot take” on a topic that is generally unspoken. I got a flip phone over a year and a half ago, and quit social media years before that. The most frequent reaction is […]
The Feed
I Made Excuses for My Addiction to Social Media
It was September 2025. I was in Spain with 20 strangers that I had somehow grown close to while hiking a stretch of the Camino de Santiago. We had just finished hiking nine miles for the day, and our bodies were exhausted. Back at the hostel, we all lay in our beds and pulled out […]
The Feed
LOG OFF: A Generation Pushing Back Against Always-Online Culture
I was twelve years old when I created my first social media account. I remember being the last of my friends allowed on Instagram, watching as screens slowly replaced games of tag and conversations on the playground. At the time, these platforms felt almost magical. As a girl growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, it seemed […]
