After watching the first 20 minutes of The Social Dilemma, sophomore Maddy Buss realized it was time for a change. For her New Year’s Rezzie, she decided to delete all social media for the month of January. After her “2020 sucked, but here are the best parts :)” photo dump on the 31st, she was completely #offthegrid.
It was only a couple days before her followers became suspicious. Maddy’s Gphi sister, Abby Haralson, was especially concerned. “After the Capitol attacks, Maddy didn’t repost a single @soyouwannatalkabout infographic, which was troubling. But, when she didn’t post the Kumquat’s “Struppa Email Template” on her story, I knew something was really wrong.”, Abby contacted the Kumquat’s Investigative Team, and after a full on manhunt, the KIT finally found Maddy at her parent’s house in New Jersey.
“I was totally addicted to social media. It honestly feels so good to not depend on something like that anymore,” she told us, as she exhaled a rip from her Puff Bar on our zoom call. “I’m so happy to just disconnect, you know? 2020 was just so depressing. I needed a positive start to 2021.”
We proceeded to shatter the illusion that 2021 would be any better by telling her all that had happened within just the first week of the New Year. She was speechless. After 3 minutes of us asking if her Zoom was frozen, she got really close to the camera and whispered, “I can never watch Call Me By Your Name the same ever again.”
