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I stopped using this years ago, except I still have an account and minorly check once a week or month depending on my mood. I'll give the same refrain I expect

I stopped using this years ago, except I still have an account and minorly check once a week or month depending on my mood. I'll give the same refrain I expect from most: how do I keep up with goings-on of long-lost friends, family members with whom I don't want to directly interact but want to know what they're "up to" and to know about major life events? Maybe the answer is that I should delete facebook and go back to beforetimes when the world was smaller and I only interacted with people in my immediate geographic area except at decennial family reunions.

prawn 4y ago
Remarkably, given the variety of social platforms and amount of money invested in them, this appears to be an unsolved problem. It was solved previously, but they've managed to unsolve it again!
momojo 4y ago
You ask some good questions. I wonder sometimes; if Facebook disappeared tomorrow, how badly would my life be affected? And it's strange to me that the disappearance of a platform which seems to pervade my daily life would only cause minor inconvenience. I'll admit that Messenger has greater sway over my daily life, but I could probably switch over to an alternate messaging platform with minimal pain. > Maybe the answer is that I should delete facebook and go back to beforetimes when the world was smaller It's absurd how highly we've come to value a platform that brings only an incremental amount of joy to our lives (and who knows how much grief). I would be lying if I said I don't enjoy seeing what my old friends are up to, or knowing who's had kids, etc. But well, maybe I'll have to call them up for coffee and a chat instead.
asdff 4y ago
You can just call or text people every now and then if you want to keep up with them.
ickelbawd 4y ago
Sure. You see them once in a blue moon and catch-up. Or you go back to ye ole grapevine, and ask the people you do want to talk to about the people they talk to that you don’t. Or you forget about them and life carries on.

prawn 4y ago

Remarkably, given the variety of social platforms and amount of money invested in them, this appears to be an unsolved problem. It was solved previously, but they've managed to unsolve it again!

momojo 4y ago

You ask some good questions. I wonder sometimes; if Facebook disappeared tomorrow, how badly would my life be affected? And it's strange to me that the disappearance of a platform which seems to pervade my daily life would only cause minor inconvenience. I'll admit that Messenger has greater sway over my daily life, but I could probably switch over to an alternate messaging platform with minimal pain. > Maybe the answer is that I should delete facebook and go back to beforetimes when the world was smaller It's absurd how highly we've come to value a platform that brings only an incremental amount of joy to our lives (and who knows how much grief). I would be lying if I said I don't enjoy seeing what my old friends are up to, or knowing who's had kids, etc. But well, maybe I'll have to call them up for coffee and a chat instead.

asdff 4y ago

You can just call or text people every now and then if you want to keep up with them.

ickelbawd 4y ago

Sure. You see them once in a blue moon and catch-up. Or you go back to ye ole grapevine, and ask the people you do want to talk to about the people they talk to that you don’t. Or you forget about them and life carries on.