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I closed my Facebook and Twitter accounts about a month ago for similar reasons: it's not only I want my attention back, it's that users of these systems have b
by rinze 10y ago
I closed my Facebook and Twitter accounts about a month ago for similar reasons: it's not only I want my attention back, it's that users of these systems have become their de-facto free workers (providing eyes for advertisers and becoming live human bait to lure more eyes --your friends-- in a never-ending, never-fully-satisfied loop). I haven't suffered from cold turkey. Everything seems a bit slower now, and that's good.
A tangential thought: I hate reading stuff on Medium specially because they need to feed me what other people found interesting about the article ("top highlight!") instead of letting me do the job.
- overcast 10y agoSame deal here, closed Facebook, as well as various Twitter accounts I never used, and lastly no more Reddit. Which was a big one.
- alistproducer2 10y agoSame here. I don't miss Facebook at all. I also cut the cord around the same time and now watching TV feels so weird because of the commercials.
- zamalek 10y agoFacebook has been linked to depression[1] and, although I closed my account years ago, it was for the same reason. My hypothesis was different to the article (a token economy of friends and likes); regardless, it was a great choice. [1]: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/04/08/new-study-links-facebook-to-depression-but-now-we-actually-understand-why/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/04/08/new-stud...