{"id":22605,"date":"2026-04-06T15:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/is-the-uk-falling-out-of-love-with-social-media\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:37:30","slug":"is-the-uk-falling-out-of-love-with-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/is-the-uk-falling-out-of-love-with-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the UK falling out of love with social media?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts<\/p>\n<p>Posting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions, is a social media staple. But Jenny, like many other Britons recently, has hesitated over contributing to the infinite scroll.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have even posted my wedding really,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I had to because \u2026 There\u2019s like an etiquette. Nobody else can post your wedding until you\u2019ve posted. So my friends were like: \u2018Please post, it\u2019s been like a week.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/apr\/05\/uk-social-media-apps-share\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d813d3e5a7b3b2cf8c07db8942c560117ace1c0c\/0_0_6249_5000\/master\/6249.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8c0ea72892208dc4d20e5ce4f59bf594\" title=\"Is the UK falling out of love with social media?\" \/>Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts<br \/>\nPosting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions, is a social media staple. But Jenny, like many other Britons recently, has hesitated over contributing to the infinite scroll.<br \/>\n\u201cI wouldn\u2019t have even posted my wedding really,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I had to because \u2026 There\u2019s like an etiquette. Nobody else can post your wedding until you\u2019ve posted. So my friends were like: \u2018Please post, it\u2019s been like a week.\u2019\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts Posting significant events in your life, from birthdays to weddings and promotions, is a social media staple. But Jenny, like many other Britons recently, has hesitated over contributing to the infinite scroll. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have even &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/is-the-uk-falling-out-of-love-with-social-media\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is the UK falling out of love with social media?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22605"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}