Gen Z held an anti-social media event. Here's how they heard about it.

""This event is a celebration that society has kind of reached this inflection point," he said. "We realized how weary we are, how screen-addled we are, and we're taking stronger steps together to do something more lasting about it.""

""Delete Day," organized by several Gen Z-led groups, called on young people to excise an addictive app from their lives, starting, for now, with their phones."

"They decorated the park's entrance with chalk signs like "Delete your apps on the grass" and gave out hand-drawn stickers and pamphlets detailing how to save their data before nixing apps like Instagram."

Tompkins Square Park hosted a Gen Z-led Delete Day encouraging young people to remove addictive social apps and experience a phone-free evening. Promotion relied on word-of-mouth and minimal online presence rather than social platforms. Organizers used chalk signs, hand-drawn stickers, and pamphlets to show how to save data before deleting apps like Instagram. Around 80 participants gathered on picnic blankets with candles, glow lights, and a living room lamp for short organizer remarks, a deletion ritual, and a no-phones party. Participating groups included the Appstinence movement, the Reconnect Movement, the modern Luddite movement, and student initiatives such as the Lamp Club.

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