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It's the fear of missing out. All the social media services build their foundation on that addiction. Once you delete the accounts then the feeling slowly goes
by gnrme 11y ago
It's the fear of missing out. All the social media services build their foundation on that addiction. Once you delete the accounts then the feeling slowly goes away and you get back to what life was like before all this nonsense started.
- gherkin0 11y ago> It's the fear of missing out. All the social media services build their foundation on that addiction. Once you delete the accounts then the feeling slowly goes away and you get back to what life was like before all this nonsense started. And Facebook explicitly tries to prevent you from getting rid of that addiction. They have a "feature" that kicks in after a few days of non-use to incessantly remind you via email that you're missing out. So-and-so posted a picture, etc. As far as I can tell, there's no way to disable them without also disabling emails for event invites and direct messages, which is just shitty. I've had to setup gmail filters to get rid of them.
- loceng 11y agoA caveat - if you have the skills and enough people in your life to actually facilitate a healthy lifestyle.
- ArkyBeagle 11y agoI fear not missing out. If I need to hear about it, I will. I mainly use Facebook as a thing to waste time with while I'm waiting for it to be time to do something else.