I’ve decided to archive my old QQ posts and share fewer junk posts in the future. Four reasons:
First, some of my old posts contain selfies or photos, information about my school and location, and even earlier ones have embarrassing history. With many strangers added, deleting hundreds one by one isn’t practical — better to hide everything.
Second, I feel that sometimes expressing my true thoughts isn’t very appropriate, because parents and teachers might be on this account. Sharing too many opinions about education and the status quo doesn’t really help, even though I study this field and am involved in it.
Third, I rarely express my thoughts online. I don’t watch short videos on Douyin or similar (because I think they promote ADHD and are bad for attention, and the content is mostly “comfort food”). I cleared out and deleted my Tieba and Douban accounts a few days ago. I barely watch Bilibili either. Currently I’m mostly active on QQ and Zhihu, but I don’t think expressing too many opinions on Zhihu is a good idea — it’s easy to get labeled, and there’s no benefit anyway. I usually just share some thoughts on QQ and my blog, and post serious articles on Zhihu.
Fourth, every time I reread my QQ posts a few days later, I feel really embarrassed. For example, those outfit photos I posted in early 2025 — I think it’s better to hide them. I don’t really want people seeing my embarrassing history.
I’ve recently cleaned up my accounts on other platforms — either deleted or cleared them out. I don’t check them often anyway, less is more. It’s a kind of cyber hygiene. Mainly I don’t want people knowing my embarrassing history — it really is quite cringe. And those posts around the college entrance exam are pretty embarrassing too. I’ll just keep those for myself.
