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| Believe it or not, the world didn't end without Facebook! |
Gasp! I know; it’s incredible! What do we do without the time-suck that is Facebook? Many of us have a hard time answering that question. Now, I have been posting my blog links to this blog’s Facebook page but my personal page has been utterly neglected all summer and I haven’t really missed it. I do admit that I do kind of miss seeing friends’ pictures and some of the jokes but there is so much that I don’t miss.
For some reason, I have some friends who think that it’s their mission in life to post dozens of pictures of missing dogs, abused dogs and dogs that are available for adoption. I get it; you like dogs and want to see people “adopt, don’t shop” but overexposing the people you know to your message backfires when they stop looking at your posts. Enough is enough people!
The same thing goes for those who are trying to sell
something. I’m glad that you’ve started
up a home business selling makeup/Tupperware/vitamins but I really don’t need
my news feed to be full of it. I have
one person on my friends list who is selling makeup and, believe me; I’ve seen
enough gunked up eye lashes to last me forever.
The stuff doesn’t even look nice……
Then there are the people who overshare their issues or (just
as bad) put up cryptic status updates that hint at something wrong. If your grandma died and you’re sad about it,
by all means, please share so that the people who care about you can express
their sympathy and perhaps help you feel better. You had a fight about money/child care/etc.
with your ex? I’ll take a pass on that
one thank you. We all screw up sometimes
and write something that we regret later but there are some people who skip the
regret part and just keep doing it.
Will I go back to Facebook?
Of course I will. We all get
sucked back in eventually. Like it or
not, this is how so many of us get our news not only about what is happening
with our family and friends but also in the world in general. I’m feeling a little bit “out of the loop”
here but not so much that I’m ready to cave in (yet!). I still check in on Twitter on my phone so I’m
not totally out of touch with the world.
Have you taken a Facebook break and, if so, how long did you
last?
Kathy
One day last week I did it for a day - sort of. I couldn't believe how many times I reached for my phone. I had decided to take a day off from SM (twitter and FB). I finally uninstalled both apps around 10am. I reinstalled them around 5:00 just before going to my son's football practice and then I was on it off and on for the rest of the evening. It is a serious time suck. I've decided I would do Wednesday as a social media day off. (At least until football practice). Oh and I hate cryptic messages. The most recent one I saw was, "Here we go again." There was like 3 "what?" Comments before she decided to tell one person that she would in box them and it was about so & so. Really?
ReplyDeleteOne day a week sounds reasonable and is a good way to remind yourself to pay attention to what's around you rather than what's on the screen.
Delete"Here we go again"..... ugh!