I don’t do, and never have done social media such as Twitter and Facebook.
I believe both are toxic, especially Facebook. A third...yes, a third of all divorce filings as long ago as 2011 included the word “Facebook”.
You can get by without it. We all should get by without it.
I need to quit a bad habit.. help! But, please, don’t suggest I give up the habit!
If you must be on for business reasons then do what you need to do and log off.
Touring's OK, but airline tickets and Hotel prices are way too high.
My thoughts on tour situation is as follows:
So, I watched the documentary on Netflix.
I watched the documentary on Netflix.
Did you know you can not begin the sentence with “so”, and it will still be correct?
Those are my thoughts.
I believe that all of these programs can be locked with a password. To prevent yourself from disengaging the lock you can have the password held by a different member of your family. If each family member has the password of someone else then once you've all locked in your limits they can remain unless there is some sort of emergency need.
The other possibility is to make a list of things you would rather do or ought rather do and make time for them. That will limit the amount of time you have left over for surfing.
Or you can design, build and deploy an EMP weapon, take out the power grid, and need not worry about social media for years to come. ;-)
Watched it today as well. Main point was that even if you DO choose not to participate, their ability to subtly manipulate the minds of billions of others will have an impact on you and an impact on society.
The media is the same way. I can choose not to believe fake news. But the riots and the cities that are being burned demonstrate that enough are being swayed and manipulated by it.
Watch one video on police brutality, you end up in an algorithm that serves you up hundreds more until you believe there is nothing but. Enough people in the algorithm turns into a violent riot.
It was a very good documentary. It had a bit of pro climate change and such. But I thought it made some good points.
I left Facebook 5 years ago. Easy quit. Don’t miss it one single bit. Never did Twitter. Love Youtube though. You can avoid poison for the most part there.
Nobody authentically expresses themselves on it anyway. People like it NOT because they can express themselves, but because they can paint themselves a certain way.
Now that has its purposes if, for example, you are promoting something or specifically yourself - or trying to pierce the crowd with your message. But most people think they are using it to express themselves.
But the whole 'look at ME! I'm ME!' is such a fakery.
What it really is ... is ... 'Look at [how I want to control you to see] Me!.'
Human beings, including me, are genetically programmed to be inauthentic. It's how the species makes its way through the world. But the species isn't inauthentic ALL the time. But on social media ... it's pretty much inauthentic all the time. Being inauthentic is necessary at times for navigating the world, but practicing a certain way too much ... and it becomes a bedrock of your character - you become chronically inauthentic.
I'm inauthentic enough as it is :-)
Oh yeah and also anything you ever say can and will be used against you in a world where you can be convicted for something you said 2 days ago that the left only decided was a crime today.
I just consider it cheap fun.