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Not attempting to dissuade anybody from dumping Facebook - but to present another option. I use FB once a day. I treat it like a newspaper. A once-a-day updat

Not attempting to dissuade anybody from dumping Facebook - but to present another option. I use FB once a day. I treat it like a newspaper. A once-a-day update on friends lives that I poke at over a coffee, then throw away until the next day. I find this a nice balance between having a "real" life, and maintaining some connections with folk that I otherwise wouldn't see socially very often. Works for me. YMMV.

wmboy 14y ago
Yeah, I'm thinking of deleting the FB app on my phone. It's just a temptation to constantly check what's happening and stop being present with whoever I'm around.
- gurkendoktor 14y ago
  Do it! I've never looked back. Then, ask yourself if $amount of money per month is still worth it for a 3G contract. This one really depends on your work and your environment (is there WiFi in walking range if you need it?). But it saved me time and money so far.
theorique 14y ago
This is a very rational way to use Facebook. Make yourself the master of it, and get value from the tool on your own terms. Once a day (e.g. 15 minutes) use probably gives a person 80% of the utility or value of 20x a day (e.g. 2 hours) usage. There is relatively little benefit from all those "extra visits", since almost nothing on Facebook is urgent, actionable, or going to cost money if not attended to immediately. (A great example of the 80-20 rule in action, btw.)
zem 14y ago
yeah, this is how i try use it too. the problem is that at the end of the day it's really hard to sift through the stream of fwd:fwd:fwd junk to get to the real updates you care about, because it all lands on you at once, so most days i find myself avoiding it, and in practice i end up checking a few people's walls individually once a week or so. i wish facebook provided a precise way for me to set up filter rules (e.g. filter out anything that has been reshared without comment); i don't really trust their automatic signal-versus-noise balancing algorithms to craft me a stream.
Scone 14y ago
Me too. Same kind of rule for email - once per day. And even for work email during office hours - limited to 3x per day. All a big help.

wmboy 14y ago

Yeah, I'm thinking of deleting the FB app on my phone. It's just a temptation to constantly check what's happening and stop being present with whoever I'm around.

gurkendoktor 14y ago
Do it! I've never looked back. Then, ask yourself if $amount of money per month is still worth it for a 3G contract. This one really depends on your work and your environment (is there WiFi in walking range if you need it?). But it saved me time and money so far.

theorique 14y ago

This is a very rational way to use Facebook. Make yourself the master of it, and get value from the tool on your own terms. Once a day (e.g. 15 minutes) use probably gives a person 80% of the utility or value of 20x a day (e.g. 2 hours) usage. There is relatively little benefit from all those "extra visits", since almost nothing on Facebook is urgent, actionable, or going to cost money if not attended to immediately. (A great example of the 80-20 rule in action, btw.)

zem 14y ago

yeah, this is how i try use it too. the problem is that at the end of the day it's really hard to sift through the stream of fwd:fwd:fwd junk to get to the real updates you care about, because it all lands on you at once, so most days i find myself avoiding it, and in practice i end up checking a few people's walls individually once a week or so. i wish facebook provided a precise way for me to set up filter rules (e.g. filter out anything that has been reshared without comment); i don't really trust their automatic signal-versus-noise balancing algorithms to craft me a stream.

Scone 14y ago

Me too. Same kind of rule for email - once per day. And even for work email during office hours - limited to 3x per day. All a big help.