Well that didn’t last long. I endured my separation from social media maybe ten days. OK. Maybe a week. It came right after the holidays and my daughter’s birthday, and people were posting pictures I’d have no other way to see. Then vanity struck. I couldn’t share a couple of newsletter posts. Couldn’t get any new subscribers. Missed the feedback. Yes I was free of constantly checking to see if anyone commented on Facebook on what I’d written, or even liked a piece, but I thought of constantly checking anyway. All the time.
I dont even understand what effect a "like" or "subscribe," has -- make it more prominent in search results?
I have tried to take a stand over and over, telling people that I am not on FB, do not text, etc. But like a herd of cattle they follow the crowd, and would rather do so -- thereby cutting me out of their lives and groups -- than respect my stance and actually make a phone call or speak to me, live. I have given in, quite a bit, in order to function in society.... but the dehumanization, and lack of privacy, is bad, and is only getting worse.
I dont even understand what effect a "like" or "subscribe," has -- make it more prominent in search results?
I have tried to take a stand over and over, telling people that I am not on FB, do not text, etc. But like a herd of cattle they follow the crowd, and would rather do so -- thereby cutting me out of their lives and groups -- than respect my stance and actually make a phone call or speak to me, live. I have given in, quite a bit, in order to function in society.... but the dehumanization, and lack of privacy, is bad, and is only getting worse.