So i just opened a facebook account and

Facebook scares the living shit out of me. I have an account I've got like one friend. I use it just for some things I can't get elsewhere. Sounds like you're not a big fan of social media. Just like I'm not... be aware of these buttons that you click. Let the program do this. Let the program do that. It wasn't Facebook that did it to me but some program I logged on to. I guess I told it it had access to my film reel on my camera on my phone and then I go to these other websites and there's my entire film role all over these other websites like a two or three other websites. I spend a lot of time changing settings on these programs to try and maintain some semblance of privacy
 
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Facebook scares the living shit out of me. I have an account I've got like one friend. I use it just for some things I can't get elsewhere. Sounds like you're not a big fan of social media. Just like I'm not... be aware of these buttons that you click. Let the program do this. Let the program do that. It wasn't Facebook that did it to me but some program I logged on to. I guess I told it it had access to my film reel on my camera on my phone and then I go to these other websites and there's my entire film role all over these other websites like a two or three other websites. I spend a lot of time changing settings on these programs to try and maintain some semblance of privacy
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Damn i believe you. I hope they were not private videos haha
Whenever i download a new app i go to my phone settings and remove all permissions, i think everyone should do that, plus download a VPN
 
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Right. Nobody needs that in their head. Some things you just can't unsee
 
strangeaeon said:
Literally made to stalk people, it has no other purpose. Sell stuff maybe, and getting tracked by feds. What other purpose does it have?
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It's some people's drug. They need to open their eyes every morning and see how many likes and new "friends" they have otherwise their world crumbles down.
It's also a good place to start when you want to feel like a superstar, flooding the www with twenty selfies every three or so hours. Just to tell all your "friends" how much better you look, and how nicer your surroundings and how hotter your gf/bf is compared to theirs.
 
Its amazing how much happier my life seems to be compared to others. Never had a FB, no IG, no nothing.

I realized recently why it’s so important. My wife and I missed a festival that I’ve been to pretty much every year since it’s inception. I really don’t FOMO often but when she kept shoving her phone in my face to show me video after video of what I missed, god damn if I wasn’t FOMO’in like a MF. I had to tell her (multiple times sadly, they must really be addicting) to stop showing me cuz it wasn’t doing anything positive for my mental health. I know I missed an amazing event, I’d rather just leave it at that then dwell on it by watching all this media.

-GC
 
G_Chem said:
Its amazing how much happier my life seems to be compared to others. Never had a FB, no IG, no nothing.

I realized recently why it’s so important. My wife and I missed a festival that I’ve been to pretty much every year since it’s inception. I really don’t FOMO often but when she kept shoving her phone in my face to show me video after video of what I missed, god damn if I wasn’t FOMO’in like a MF. I had to tell her (multiple times sadly, they must really be addicting) to stop showing me cuz it wasn’t doing anything positive for my mental health. I know I missed an amazing event, I’d rather just leave it at that then dwell on it by watching all this media.

-GC
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Same here. Much happier without any social media accounts. I do have a FB with 16 friends on it ( all family and a few high school friends ) but I never use it. I also don't have a cell phone so I don't have the constant daily interruptions. If someone wants to talk to me they have my home phone number and if I'm not here they leave a message and I call them back. Living my life on my terms and not someone else's is such a feeling of freedom. I get much more done during the day without having to check all these silly tweets and IG and tik tok nonsense. I suppose it all has it's merits and I'm not knocking people that use these platforms daily it just isn't for me.

BL is the only account I have and am active on and it's just enough " outside " stimulation to not make me feel like i am totally anti-social. I know some people that spend all day and most of the night staring into their phones and it makes you wonder where their real priorities lie. Most don't have jobs or healthy relationships and I'm not surprised that they don't. How could they when they spend all time in the virtual world getting involved in everyone elses problems instead of dealing with their own.
 
Nurse Ratched said:
BL is the only account I have and am active on and it's just enough " outside " stimulation to not make me feel like i am totally anti-social.
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I had a FB account when I moved from Europe to South America. It was to keep in touch with people, and I even got in touch with people from.my boarding school who were now living in different places of the world, so FB had it's appeal. But then it got boring because people used it to post what they had for dinner, and how their kid's birthday cake looked, and of course to spy on each other.
I have a cell phone, but only because WhatsApp became the only way to order things during the lockdown, and after it was already so I corporates in everybody's lives, nothing seems to go without it. I don't receive calls (muted). I don't call anyone, either.
My last relationship fell apart because instead of doing fun stuff like going out for a beer or talking while watching what's going on the city (lived in a 16th floor on a hill of a seaside-city) my X started to watch YouTube videos and getting into fights with strangers on Twitter accounts. No communication & no shared experiences = no relationship.
I never even look at the forum of my U's platform.
I have a tiny writing group.
And now I found this forum and strangely enough, I'm feeling quite at home here.
 
lecroute said:
It's some people's drug. They need to open their eyes every morning and see how many likes and new "friends" they have otherwise their world crumbles down.
It's also a good place to start when you want to feel like a superstar, flooding the www with twenty selfies every three or so hours. Just to tell all your "friends" how much better you look, and how nicer your surroundings and how hotter your gf/bf is compared to theirs.
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Haha i just logged in again today and i had dozens of "friend requests" from people ive never seen or who saw me once or twice somewhere, their profile was full of crap like "what kind of dog are you when you get angry" and memes of crying cats complaining about being single, like, no shit, no wonder those people are single if selfies and likes are what goes on in their minds all day lol
 
G_Chem said:
Its amazing how much happier my life seems to be compared to others. Never had a FB, no IG, no nothing.

I realized recently why it’s so important. My wife and I missed a festival that I’ve been to pretty much every year since it’s inception. I really don’t FOMO often but when she kept shoving her phone in my face to show me video after video of what I missed, god damn if I wasn’t FOMO’in like a MF. I had to tell her (multiple times sadly, they must really be addicting) to stop showing me cuz it wasn’t doing anything positive for my mental health. I know I missed an amazing event, I’d rather just leave it at that then dwell on it by watching all this media.

-GC
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Nah, feel ya, IG does that to me whenever i see photos of concerts i missed and i just think "damn, my life is boring compared to all the people who went to the concert" 😭😭😭
Ah, but then i remember that 90% of those bozos were there literally just to take pictures and to let everyone know they went, prolly dont even like that band, lol
 
Nurse Ratched said:
Same here. Much happier without any social media accounts. I do have a FB with 16 friends on it ( all family and a few high school friends ) but I never use it. I also don't have a cell phone so I don't have the constant daily interruptions. If someone wants to talk to me they have my home phone number and if I'm not here they leave a message and I call them back. Living my life on my terms and not someone else's is such a feeling of freedom. I get much more done during the day without having to check all these silly tweets and IG and tik tok nonsense. I suppose it all has it's merits and I'm not knocking people that use these platforms daily it just isn't for me.

BL is the only account I have and am active on and it's just enough " outside " stimulation to not make me feel like i am totally anti-social. I know some people that spend all day and most of the night staring into their phones and it makes you wonder where their real priorities lie. Most don't have jobs or healthy relationships and I'm not surprised that they don't. How could they when they spend all time in the virtual world getting involved in everyone elses problems instead of dealing with their own.
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You are right, but like @lecroute said, it is literally an addiction, with actual withdrawal symptoms when you try to quit, some dont even have hobbies or a life outside of social media, and i seen it fuck with their personality and identity
 
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