It’s said we should never make decisions in haste and so I’m taking time to mull over my participation on this internet of things.

Years ago I dumped social media. As I said to Facebook when asked why I was leaving, “I no longer wanted to take part in their social experiment.” A sick experiment which has devastated lives and enabled and emboldened the negatives of the human psyche (something which also applies to Instagram and Twitter).

Since leaving that world, I’ve found a happy space. That...