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I think so; not because it is so great but because it's more 'cheap tv' for people. Just stare at videos and how great your 'friends' are doing. Hype yourself u

I think so; not because it is so great but because it's more 'cheap tv' for people. Just stare at videos and how great your 'friends' are doing. Hype yourself up and feel your did something today as you wrote something or posted something and got more than your own like. My contacts are 90% people I know well and see regularly (a lot of them smart people) and yet my timeline feels fake and plastic; it is just easy watching and chewinggum for the eyes. All the cool pages and feeds catered to their audience, making headlines more sensational but providing nothing in terms of article behind it; who wants to actually read that stuff right? You can tell your mates that the apocalypse is coming this Saturday and noone will ask you what/why anyway and the headlines told you so. It is some crazy ultimate circle jerk and echo chamber, made for incredibly easy consumption (the latter getting worse). For countries where deep thought about some subjects is forbidden, I guess it is worse. I stopped using Facebook; only use messenger and occasionally upvote someone's birthday. But yes I believe it was and is inevitable because we are human and it is in us to consume mostly.

659087 9y ago
> only use messenger and occasionally upvote someone's birthday If someone means little enough to you that this is how you wish them a happy birthday, maybe you shouldn't bother at all. If they mean something to you, pick up a phone and call them. All you're accomplishing, is helping Facebook encourage that person to continue using it by giving them that little dopamine hit from your "upvote". If people looked at Facebook "birthday wishes" for what they are, they'd be seen as a negative. "This person put in as much effort wishing me happy birthday as random people on reddit do upvoting cat memes"
- iamatworknow 9y ago
  Removing my birthday from facebook a few years back was a very enlightening experience. I went from ~100 people wishing me a happy birthday to probably 5.
- tluyben2 9y ago
  You have a good point and it was more to say I don't really use it anymore, so maybe bad example but; > If they mean something to you, pick up a phone and call them that is nonsense imho; calling is also nothing (I also don't see the difference between calling and chatting) (ah, I mean so much to you, you couldn't be bothered to get off your couch). If they mean something you meet them; people important to me I fly out to go to their birthdays, weddings, divorces and funerals. But yes you have do have a good point in general which I agree with.
  - 659087 9y ago
    > > If they mean something to you, pick up a phone and call them > that is nonsense imho; calling is also nothing (I also don't see the difference between calling and chatting) (ah, I mean so much to you, you couldn't be bothered to get off your couch). If they mean something you meet them; people important to me I fly out to go to their birthdays, weddings, divorces and funerals. I agree with you, and probably chose the wrong example/wording to get my point across. My point was just that you'd put more effort in for people you care about.

659087 9y ago

> only use messenger and occasionally upvote someone's birthday If someone means little enough to you that this is how you wish them a happy birthday, maybe you shouldn't bother at all. If they mean something to you, pick up a phone and call them. All you're accomplishing, is helping Facebook encourage that person to continue using it by giving them that little dopamine hit from your "upvote". If people looked at Facebook "birthday wishes" for what they are, they'd be seen as a negative. "This person put in as much effort wishing me happy birthday as random people on reddit do upvoting cat memes"

iamatworknow 9y ago
Removing my birthday from facebook a few years back was a very enlightening experience. I went from ~100 people wishing me a happy birthday to probably 5.
tluyben2 9y ago
You have a good point and it was more to say I don't really use it anymore, so maybe bad example but; > If they mean something to you, pick up a phone and call them that is nonsense imho; calling is also nothing (I also don't see the difference between calling and chatting) (ah, I mean so much to you, you couldn't be bothered to get off your couch). If they mean something you meet them; people important to me I fly out to go to their birthdays, weddings, divorces and funerals. But yes you have do have a good point in general which I agree with.
- 659087 9y ago
  > > If they mean something to you, pick up a phone and call them > that is nonsense imho; calling is also nothing (I also don't see the difference between calling and chatting) (ah, I mean so much to you, you couldn't be bothered to get off your couch). If they mean something you meet them; people important to me I fly out to go to their birthdays, weddings, divorces and funerals. I agree with you, and probably chose the wrong example/wording to get my point across. My point was just that you'd put more effort in for people you care about.