Stratoblaster
Fractal Fanatic
Ahhhh good ol' Facebook...I wear it as a badge of honour that I've never had a Facebook or Twitter account...anybody I need, or want, to keep in contact with I do so via other methods.
How will you ever know what kind of potato you are?See my thread on my self imposed FB exile, now over a week and I couldn't be happier. Never going back to that festering pool of negativity.
How will you ever know what kind of potato you are?
nother cynic here - unfortunately, I fear FB can't be trusted with safekeeping of such shared infoFacebook is great when used as intended. Sharing photos, videos of family and friends. Letting each other know how you're doing and making plans to get together.
Get rid of it. Aside from it being horribly addictive, it does far more harm than good not only to you but to society as a whole.Facebook is great when used as intended. Sharing photos, videos of family and friends. Letting each other know how you're doing and making plans to get together.
It's when it's used to incite negativity, violence, crazy conspiracies and lies that it becomes detrimental. Too many people forget the old saying "I read it on the internet, so it must be true".
In 4th grade I rememeber we did a test where each student whispersed something to the next, and so on, and so on. By the time it got to the 6th or 7th person it wasn't even close to how it started.
Now I just have a more cynical view. The world is average intelligence. Half the people are smart, the other half are stupid.
Absolutely, 100% agree. Ever since deleting my account, life is so much better.Get rid of it. Aside from it being horribly addictive, it does far more harm than good not only to you but to society as a whole.
All the people I want to have that stuff still get it. I just don’t share it anymore with 4000+ strangers or people I barely know. They don’t all need to know I got a new guitar. Then that I’m on vacation. How easy do I have to make it to get robbed? So many people do this and I was included.Facebook is great when used as intended. Sharing photos, videos of family and friends. Letting each other know how you're doing and making plans to get together.
Now I just have a more cynical view. The world is average intelligence. Half the people are smart, the other half are stupid.
+1, I got very tired of seeing my FB friends' vacay, n what they're havin' fur dinner...They don’t all need to know I got a new guitar
You can see all that on their Twitter feed anyway+1, I got very tired of seeing my FB friends' vacay, n what they're havin' fur dinner...
So funny you posted this comment. I'm finishing up a paper for my industry and in my closing comments, I wrote this:I think a person of average intelligence as a prerequisite must admit they dont know everything and must be able to seek out and identify credible information. People of average intelligence also must be able to process losing, failing and general mopery without making excuses for it. So many Americans fail miserably at this and therefore deserve to be categorized as lame brained. Many of these people gravitate to social media and it becomes an echo chamber of moronic rambling with a healthy dose of harrumphs.
Lastly, intelligent people are willing to have their views and beliefs challenged and will change them based on new, credible information. Your average fb poster will tend to just dig their heels in and revel in being wrong. Count me out of all that bullshit.
Get rid of it. Aside from it being horribly addictive, it does far more harm than good not only to you but to society as a whole.