Why You Shouldn't Use Social Media

David Weinberger: Social media can be devastating to your quest to work deeper. He says the companies that profit from these services have succeeded with a masterful marketing coup. For most people, this reality will confirm something only once you've done the hard work of freeing yourself, he says. Writers should stop using social media if they don't think it's worth their time or attention and then rejoin when they're sure things are going well, he writes. Back to Mail Online home. Back to the page you came from.