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I deleted my social media accounts and never looked back
- Thread starter Skyn3t
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highrider
Banned
I use it as a promotional tool for business and keeping in touch with extended family. It’s very effective as a tool, I’m not sure why people try to get more from it than that, or are effected by using it to the point where they need to delete their accounts. It just isn’t that big a deal lol.
Leonard Washington
Banned
Strong username to post contradiction.
I fully agree with your sentiment though as I'm all about face to face as opposed to Facebook because its the whole simulation and simulacra thing in full effect thanks to the magic of the pretended life that only exists in others heads that some are so pleased to flaunt and be associated with and all of the negative overspill into real life that comes with it.
Crazy thing about all of this though is that fake has became the new real therefore peoples internal compasses have already shifted and a world full of people that know not their anus from their elbow means that Idiocracy is looking more and more like a future documentary than a comedy film :/
Insane Metal
Member
Deleted my facebook profile last year, also no Instagram and all the other crap... and I don't miss any of it tbh.
hollams
Gold Member
I thought the rule was, you only read Social media when you are on the toilet. Seems like you need to get some medicine to get you out of there quicker.
Honestly, I guess I don't understand leaving social media, I just glance at it maybe once or twice a day for 5 min or so. Are people actually spending hours interacting throughout the whole day? Maybe since I'm older it's not a big part of my life like younger people who grew up with it would be.
Honestly, I guess I don't understand leaving social media, I just glance at it maybe once or twice a day for 5 min or so. Are people actually spending hours interacting throughout the whole day? Maybe since I'm older it's not a big part of my life like younger people who grew up with it would be.
Wheeljack539
Member
I'm curious, for those who have had/has and/or use/d Twitter, Facebook, etc -
How different do you think the world would be if non of them got above the ground and took hold or were never invented to begin with (and we stuck to only forums/chat/blog)? I myself was invited by friends to join them on Myspace back in '04/'05 and I just couldn't muster the interest in it but seeing this thread and recent events I wonder what others would think if non of it ever came into being.
Would we be better off overall?
How different do you think the world would be if non of them got above the ground and took hold or were never invented to begin with (and we stuck to only forums/chat/blog)? I myself was invited by friends to join them on Myspace back in '04/'05 and I just couldn't muster the interest in it but seeing this thread and recent events I wonder what others would think if non of it ever came into being.
Would we be better off overall?
Skyn3t
Banned
michaelius
Banned
I'm unfortunatly forced to use facebook since I play various card games and most of discussions moved to crappy facebook groups from forums for some masochistic reason.
I guess I can blame millenials for that
I guess I can blame millenials for that
hmtkr
Neo Member
I think social media is not a waste of time when you control the intensity of usage. I look when I have time for that, ıf I don't have time I'm not looked to anything. For me, it's that simple. I do not use Facebook anyway, but some platforms such as Twitter convenient for reaching daily agenda (I have not been using TV for 10 years). I think the usefulness of using something is based on the self-control mechanism of a person.
Reddit is anonymous so it is more like GAF, just much bigger.
jokingbird
Member
I feel like all social media can be anonymous. Just don't use any real information. Too many businesses have switched over to Facebook for their websites that you kind of have to have a basic account to look up information. My favorite tap room posts all of their upcoming beers on their social media page. I just use a dummy account to track that stuff. According to Facebook I am currently attending the Xavier school for gifted individuals in New York.
I have a Twitter account (not under my real name) and I don't really have any use for it. I find Twitter interface to be clunky and annoying and I am not selling anything and I am not a celebrity.
I deleted my facebook account many years ago because I had no use for it - I don't like putting any information about me for other people to see. Also friend requests from people who I barely knew were annoying and refusing them felt kinda awkward.
Also, I am busy in real life and when I am online I want to be anonymous and relax. With social media under you real name you always have to watch what you say.
I deleted my facebook account many years ago because I had no use for it - I don't like putting any information about me for other people to see. Also friend requests from people who I barely knew were annoying and refusing them felt kinda awkward.
Also, I am busy in real life and when I am online I want to be anonymous and relax. With social media under you real name you always have to watch what you say.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Same here. Had facebook for years but never used it much. So some weeks ago i finally deleted it and don’t miss it.
Reddit is only good for gonewild
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Porcile
Member
I have a one strike and you're out policy for people posting bollocks on Facebook. Ending up blocking so many people that Facebook ran out of shit to show my newsfeed so now I just get links for click-bait sites and wank celebrities I don't give a fuck about. Fucking Facebook... But, I use Messenger to keep in touch with the fam as i'm overseas right now.
Sakura Doritos
Member
Hate Facebook. Hate Twitter. Ok with Instagram and YouTube cause the outdoor shit I like uses that to show off gear and diy stuff. Only have a few accounts and never use them.
Red Crayon Aristocrat
Member
I've been a social media hater since the days of Myspace.
The internet should be an alternate universe, an escape from your normal life, to try to combine the two is missing the whole point and it's no wonder it's all ending in disaster.
The internet should be an alternate universe, an escape from your normal life, to try to combine the two is missing the whole point and it's no wonder it's all ending in disaster.
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Except we aren't using our real name here and we won't be fired over"offensive" posts.
Spheyr
Banned
Nobody's making you use your real name anywhere else eitherExcept we aren't using our real name here and we won't be fired over"offensive" posts.
Cato
Banned
...(Bachta sth, rooftop parties), just drank with friends in public ...
sounds like he has a normal and healthy social life. You forgot your meds?
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Tell that to other people giving out their info thru facebook,twatter, ect
Hell neogaf used to require a work/school email to register lol
Like you are from 13 so I take it they already know your name here
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jufonuk
not tag worthy
I use Instagram to post my photos Facebook to keep in touch with family/friends and Twitter to moan about train companies.
I have for most part tried to steer clear of the echo chamber.
Tbh I will keep them all but post less
I have snap chat but honestly the UI is shit and I don’t see the point of it
Sometimes the best thing I can day is not stare at my phone and disconnect for a few hours
I have for most part tried to steer clear of the echo chamber.
Tbh I will keep them all but post less
I have snap chat but honestly the UI is shit and I don’t see the point of it
Sometimes the best thing I can day is not stare at my phone and disconnect for a few hours
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Spheyr
Banned
I am completely not anonymous online, I work in security but don't disclose what company/companies I work for, and I know my bosses don't give a flying fuck what I say outside of work (And even then at work I wind up talking about guns half the time with everyone anyhow so my online discussions are pretty much 1:1 with my real life discussions)Tell that to other people giving out their info thru facebook,twatter, ect
Hell neogaf used to require a work/school email to register lol
Like you are from 13 so I take it they already know your name here
Hell, one of my bosses makes me look pretty liberal.
MayauMiao
Member
I have facebook and twitter but I use it mainly for reading local happenings and buying stuff like used games. Anything personal I keep it off the social media.
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