I already know what you are thinking: But I use Facebook to keep up with my relatives and close friends. Why? If they are really your close folks wouldn’t you be able to keep up with them otherwise, didn’t folks keep up with each other prior to the internet and social media?
Personally I do not have a Facebook account, Instagram, Snapchat or any of the other stuff and yet somehow the folks I need to keep in touch with still manage to share pictures with me and generally communicate with me. Bonus points because I avoid all the stupid Facebook vomit / drama or Instagram fake trash. Nobody cares about the link you posted, or the “thoughts and prayers” while hitting the like button. Political posts are a dime a dozen, nobody is changing anyone else’s mind.
There are other better reasons to avoid social media, mostly because all of those platforms are logged and monitored in one way or another, yes I realize this blog is too but you get my point. Additionally it’s just a time suck, energy poured into something with very little value on the back end.
I should point out that I rarely watch the news anymore either, had no idea the stock market dipped and was a few days late on this latest school shooting. Amazing how, when you control what you can and worry about what is actually within the sphere of your own influence how much less seems to matter.
Log off of Facebook and the others, you’ll be better off for it. Cheers.
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Couldn’t agree more! Way too much drama on all the social media forms and personally (surprise) I DON’T CARE what your puppy had for supper or what cute thing your cat did now! The TV is almost locked on the History channel and the nature channels. Way too much mis-information on most channels. GLAHP!
Social Media is a much used form of connection for most people. I have found it to be unnecessary in my life. I have a phone, if someone wants to contact me, they call or come by.
The Social Media footprint opens you up to a bombardment of ads, inquiries, sites you really don’t need or want to see. Having an email account was bad enough. I am now trying to reduce my footprint and leave all social media connections. I don’t know if I can erase all of the info out there. I stopped giving email, phone or text #s. Hope to leave it all behind soon.