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LOG OFF’s blog hosted on Substack works to develop and share stories from diverse voices, ranging from experts in the tech-wellness sector, to youth from the LOG OFF community, and individuals with something to say about their online experience. Our writers form a global collective of voices working to challenge our current status quo through three distinct lenses of exploration: impact, ethics, and wellbeing.

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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.

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?

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

How The Instinctual Fulfillment of Social Media Algorithms Have Led to a Loss of Self-Control

Physiological needs – food, water, rest: Typically, when we are hungry, the main priority of the brain is to find food to eat. Our minds are then on constant alert for food. In the digital world, when we are “hungry” we turn to social media to “feed” us. We may be on constant alert for […]

Don't be a Player, Make the Game

Following a hiatus from social media, I downloaded several social platforms so that I would be able to participate along with my peers. I intended to draft an article outlining the benefits of moderation when it comes to the platforms, and I sought firsthand experience on the subject. I had seldom perceived social media on […]

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