This is basically how I felt back in 2014 after I pretty much stopped using all social media. I have my facebook only to announce big events and let immigratio

This is basically how I felt back in 2014 after I pretty much stopped using all social media. I have my facebook only to announce big events and let immigration officers know that I love my wife very much by having a detailed photo album of all our interactions over many years. It's incredibly annoying that at this juncture I have to keep it because of what other people / entities want rather than myself. This is why I refuse to use LinkdIn instead of job boards or the career sites for the company. The aggressive commercialization of Social Media has been the greatest failure to be borne out of the internet and our society will be suffering its effects for many years. At least the stockholders (who are probably too darn old to use the site) are very happy. Edit: I also very much appreciate the irony of spending so much time and energy on posting on Hacker News!