02-18-2018, 02:45 PM
(01-29-2018, 09:25 PM)carolinabeve Wrote: The fact that anytime an "event" happens, the MSM always goes to the person's Twitter, or FB page. There is your proof. Get off the social media, I quit FB in 2011. was bombarded with crap from them trying to get me to come back for about 6 weeks.
The first 2 weeks I was off was not hard, but liking breaking a bad habit. Hope all can understand my meaning. I can say being free of FB was like breathing clean air.
My decision came after the imprisonment of Brandon Raub, an ex- American soldier, who posted things on FB that got him arrested under the George Bush, Patriot Act. No lawyer, no justice.
I posted on my page of 328 "friends" that as of 9/1, I would no longer be part of FB. If any one of my 328 friends wanted to remain in contact with me, send a personal message & I would hive them my e-mail address.
Not one living soul, responded, not one of the 328 "friends". So what does that say?
#1) The majority of your FB "friends" are not friends at all
#2) If I think about the folks that befriended me were folks I really weren't that close too anyway. More acquaintances, than actual people I was close to & had contact.
#3) I truly feel that people collect FB "friends" like a wild game trophy hunter collects pelts or heads. To be mounted & displayed.
#4) Get off of this garbage. Do it now, do it today. You won't believe how good you will feel.
Carolinabeve
Totally agree with you. I did the same as you and left FB and before doing so, sent a message to my 'friends' and not one asked for my email! I have since went back on FB because I want to keep in touch with a young terminally ill relative living in the States as he loves FB.
You may find this video interesting by Chamath Palihapitiya. He believes FB and other social media platforms are ripping apart the social fabric of society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6e1riShmak