I've fallen out of love - with Facebook. And I want to break up.
Facebook started off so well. I joined about 5 years ago when a friend that had moved to London invited me to join so that we had an easier time of keeping in touch. Then others joined in & pretty soon I was being 'friended' left right & centre. It was fun at first. And it did put me back in touch with an old friend that I hadn't seen in ages(& since then I've been there to see her fall in love, get engaged & most recently get married).
But then it started to irritate me a bit. I hated how 'friends' would snoop around your photos to see what was going on in your life instead of calling to have a chat. I would recieve friend requests from people I sure as hell wasn't friends with in real life & had no intention of being Facebook friends with them either!
Things have started to get really impersonal thanks to Facebook. Friends wish you a happy birthday by posting on your wall instead of giving you a call or coming around to visit, party invitiations are issued en masse instead of a sweet little invite being mailed out to you(a nice change to just receiving bills!). People get offended if you don't comment on a post or something ridiculous like that. Bah, I'm just not into it anymore. Yet I find it hard to pull the plug.
I'm working up to it. I've deleted about 60 people off my friends list that I either didn't really know or I know but we've never actually exchanged a word between us since becoming 'Facebook friends'. I must say, it felt good! But then as I scrolled through my friends list again I realised that there were a whole heap of others I'd like to delete but can't because it would just start a whole heap of crap I don't need! Besides, I've been enjoying Instagram so much more(replacing one habit with another?)!
Hmmm, it's looking likely I'll be pulling the plug sooner rather than later! Maybe after my birthday! Ha ha!
Are you over Facebook? Have you already pulled the plug?
4 comments:
i actually really like facebook... pretty much for all of the reasons that you don't. I like that the girls i used to go to school with can se my kids, i like that i can see theirs, i like that when we catch up (once a year more or less) we have visuals of each others homes, husbands, kids and so on.
Maybe i'll get over it eventually but i'm kinda happy for now!
What will you do with your blog fb account? keep of cull?
I probably sit on the fence between you and the comment above. I've set my facebook to two different levels.
One level where people can't see my albums and one where people can.
I pretty much put the people who I do speak to in the 'see category' and then at least those who don't know no different.
It did feel like a lot of work when I should just cut them off, but again, like you, couldn't be bothered with the backlash. Suits me just fine.
Good on you! I'm also frustrated with it's use compared to real life encounters these days.
I am quite restrictive with who I befriend... I got rid of it altogether for 2 years but got it again when we had our daughter (the reason hubby and I nicknamed it bragbook). It really is just a forum to brag or complain I find!! Both disgusting character qualities....
I'd love to get rid of it again but have a biz/blog page that would also disappear... perhaps that's the price to pay!
Good luck with your FB journey! x
@The Beetle Shack & @Rebekah - I'm thinking I may just open a new account & remain friendless so that I can keep my blog/business pages open. Bec from Yummy Mummies has done the same thing a while back :)
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