Many people have closed their facebook accounts, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get whatever contact details you don't have from connections then do it. Others never opened one. Life is fine without facebook, if you feel you want to close your account, do it. Footage at 11.
> Many people have stopped gambling, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get whatever money's left on the table then do it. Others never started gambling. Life is fine without gambling, if you feel you want to get out of gambling, do it. Footage at 11.
I am always shockingly impressed at the lack of empathy and open-mindedness some people or group thereof are reliably able to show, here failing to recognise that this mind trick minefield can have devastating effects and act at the very least as a dramatic catalyst in loss-of-balance situations. The underlying, untold, insulting judgement is basically "damn this guy is weak/an attention seeking whore".
I found the article articulated quite well the issues he faced, his reasons (which extend beyond Facebook's carefully engineered attention seeking madness) and both of his strategy and tactics to get out of the hole he found himself in (which extend beyond Facebook and social networks). Writing about one's problems help a lot in internally processing them. Making a public statement helps in committing oneself to improvement, and help others in a similar predicament to relate and hopefully even proceed to action.
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-...
I don't care for Facebook, I doubt they cause you heart disease etc. Not sure how empathetic it is to those who've watched people they love die in a cancer ward to suggest a website is equivalent. But hey, make the case if you want to...
After all a couple of thousand bucks of Russian advertising on Facebook decided the election. Facebook admit it with no ulterior motive at all.
Think of it a small thing and it probably is. Maybe it will be as big as MySpace one day...
Been there, done^Wdoing that. Fourth attempt in progress, each time I'm inching closer to be done with this crap for good.
> I don't care for Facebook, I doubt they cause you heart disease etc
Mind disease surely. By receiving constant stimuli and dopamine hits the mind is plasticly shaped to expect regular, immediate, worthless rewards and can't contend anymore with long term effort for bigger, worthwhile rewards, whether physical, social, intellectual or spiritual. IOW it makes you feel like shit for even trying to do anything that matters.
But the true article title is "I Quit Facebook—and You Should, Too", that is more obvious
Indeed. Quite disappointed with the article.
A: They'll tell you all about it.