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#deletefacebook update
Nov. 21st, 2018 10:18 amIt's now been well over a week since I have deleted my facebook for good. And I don't miss it one bit. If this were a year or two ago it would be a totally different story, as I was still quite addicted to the platform then, primary its "groups" feature, which is something that had gradually gobbled up the role that independent web forums had fulfilled for quite a long time.
But even that piece of gum eventually lost its flavor. As I've stated before, I believe discussion forums are lame and a waste of time unless the forum exists for the purpose of allowing users to share practice tips and advice in regard to some hands-on activity. Otherwise it's just a forum about abstract ideas and the sort of knowitall spergs who haunt such places. And besides that, facebook groups are going to be quite dumbed down and dominated by shrill busybodies, because well....it's facebook for f-sake.
And I haven't really dove head-first into any of the "alt tech" platforms (which I wrote about recently) since those are all some combination of lackluster and a waste of time. My conclusion now is that ALL social media is a massive time-suck and should generally be avoided unless you need to use these platforms to promote a business or cause of your own. Unless you can make the platform work for you, and not the other way around, then it's a waste of time. And I should know this quite well, as someone who a supreme expert in the art of wasting time.
The #1 thing keeping people from dumping facebook right now is the "but how to I keep connected to muh friends and the world?" concern. The answer to that is simple, do what I did and stay on messenger if you have a lot of friends you chat with on there. Beyond instant messaging, the rest of what FB has to "offer" is superfluous and is just there is spy on you anyway.
The USS Zuck is sinking. All aboard the life rafts.
But even that piece of gum eventually lost its flavor. As I've stated before, I believe discussion forums are lame and a waste of time unless the forum exists for the purpose of allowing users to share practice tips and advice in regard to some hands-on activity. Otherwise it's just a forum about abstract ideas and the sort of knowitall spergs who haunt such places. And besides that, facebook groups are going to be quite dumbed down and dominated by shrill busybodies, because well....it's facebook for f-sake.
And I haven't really dove head-first into any of the "alt tech" platforms (which I wrote about recently) since those are all some combination of lackluster and a waste of time. My conclusion now is that ALL social media is a massive time-suck and should generally be avoided unless you need to use these platforms to promote a business or cause of your own. Unless you can make the platform work for you, and not the other way around, then it's a waste of time. And I should know this quite well, as someone who a supreme expert in the art of wasting time.
The #1 thing keeping people from dumping facebook right now is the "but how to I keep connected to muh friends and the world?" concern. The answer to that is simple, do what I did and stay on messenger if you have a lot of friends you chat with on there. Beyond instant messaging, the rest of what FB has to "offer" is superfluous and is just there is spy on you anyway.
The USS Zuck is sinking. All aboard the life rafts.
