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Mar 13, 2017 - 8:32 AM
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Thor
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In the modern world, Facebook is now an ancient social medium (coming up on 13 years now). It's no longer only occupied by young people and progressives, but your grandmother may very well be there as well. This means that it's no longer as 'current' or 'hip' among the younger crowd (teens have long since migrated elsewhere).
That being said, I still love it for what it is. It gives me access to event information, a way to promote what I do, keeping updated on the people I find interesting (and who don't 'spam' their feeds) and so forth. I no longer post as many personal updates as I did back in '05 or '06 or whenever I first created an account, but I find it to be a crucial tool in my everyday logistics. That's what it is for me -- a tool!
I know who the composer is that Kevin mentions in the first post, and while I agree that the political updates are a little over-the-top, it's his right to use his fame and channel to air the frustrations that many Americans have at this point in time. I don't mind it that much. There's also some good "on-topic" stuff once in a while. And since I very much share his frustrations -- even as a 'foreigner' -- I don't mind scrolling past a few 're-posts' like that. In fact, scrolling is a crucial "skill" when interacting with social media.
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Mar 13, 2017 - 9:37 AM
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edwzoomom
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In the modern world, Facebook is now an ancient social medium (coming up on 13 years now). It's no longer only occupied by young people and progressives, but your grandmother may very well be there as well. This means that it's no longer as 'current' or 'hip' among the younger crowd (teens have long since migrated elsewhere).
That being said, I still love it for what it is. It gives me access to event information, a way to promote what I do, keeping updated on the people I find interesting (and who don't 'spam' their feeds) and so forth. I no longer post as many personal updates as I did back in '05 or '06 or whenever I first created an account, but I find it to be a crucial tool in my everyday logistics. That's what it is for me -- a tool!
I know who the composer is that Kevin mentions in the first post, and while I agree that the political updates are a little over-the-top, it's his right to use his fame and channel to air the frustrations that many Americans have at this point in time. I don't mind it that much. There's also some good "on-topic" stuff once in a while. And since I very much share his frustrations -- even as a 'foreigner' -- I don't mind scrolling past a few 're-posts' like that. In fact, scrolling is a crucial "skill" when interacting with social media.
I agree with you on so many levels about FB Thor. You can use FB for whatever you want. I have strong political opinions as well but keep those posts to a limited audience on FB. Like anything else online, you need to familiarize yourself with all the bells and whistles and take advantage of all the options. I made sure I knew how to personalize and secure my account before I created it and posted the first time. My account is locked down like Fort Knox and I use all the security features. I have blocked many people even before they knew I had an account (not that they cared lol). FB allows me to view my news feed for a few moments each day and then I am done with it. Another nice feature is the deactivate option. I have used it to just walk away from it. Anyway, I used to be a FB naysayer and cannot believe I even have an account. Who knew?
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It's mostly "post-and-run" for me, I'm kind of a reluctant FB user. Very seldom do I scroll down on the news page - maybe once a month.
And yes, I'm also kind of fed up with the politics.
Less dramatic than unfriending people may be to put them on ignore, so you don't get any updates from them.
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Mar 13, 2017 - 2:25 PM
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Octoberman
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I don't use it. I have no need for it.
There are people, like Eee-Dee says above for instance, for whom it is a legit and valuable resource.
In those cases it seems excellent.
But I would be one of those for whom it provides a pointless distraction.
The friends that were worth keeping up with--I DID keep up with.
Old friendships that went extinct did so for a reason--so I have no motivation to seek them out.
If they were meant to still be friends, they already would be.
Beyond that, what would there be for me to justify its use?
To find out if old girlfriends still liked me? Don't care.
Again, if a relationship is meant to endure, it would do so of its own accord.
Of course, I may change my mind in the future.
But it's not likely, seeing as practically everything I see about it is complaints from its users for foolish changes the website makes periodically.
Another factor for me is that, in many ways, I prefer being off the grid as much as possible--for as much control as we actually have over that aspect of it.
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