Facebook never worked that way for me, and I always assumed the explanation given by the article is the reason. The social connections I had on Facebook (famil

Facebook never worked that way for me, and I always assumed the explanation given by the article is the reason. The social connections I had on Facebook (family, old classmates, wife's friends, etc.) had virtually no overlapping interests with me. On Twitter I choose whom to follow, and on YouTube I choose which channels to subscribe to. The problem with Facebook for me was that it was too warped by social obligations. An old friend from high school sends me a friend request, and his parents have been talking with my parents about how he isn't doing great, eh, easiest to accept it. Oh, shit, they weren't kidding about him not doing great, and he's consoling himself with some weird ideas. Twitter for me is 98% non-personal. YouTube is completely impersonal. No social interaction == much better fit to my interests.