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I broke free
of the Matrix. No more Facebook account... Liberating.... Dec 13 17 04:47 am Link Well done! You are to be commended. Dec 13 17 04:53 am Link It really is a joke. I stayed away from it for years. Got back on about a year back. Not sure why. All it is is ad after ad and everyone political views. You know, the things I usually want to get away from when "socializing!!" I rarely post anything anymore. People "socialize" to catch up on things. If we post every single thing we do every single day, there is no need to get together and actually socialize!! I'd much rather meet for beers, lunch or whatever and just shoot the shit as they say. Dec 13 17 06:38 am Link Yeah, its was just the B.S. on my feeds. Broke down like this on a daily basis. MaryJane - Send Prayer request because my cat had the shits. Ricky Bobby - All dressed in Camo head to toe, showing off the Deer he just blasted into oblivion. My Shit don't stink Susy Q - showing vacation pics of feet in the sand in Florida with a mixed drink next to her. Pysco Dilly Dan - Slamming some political viewpoint, somewhere. GrandMa Jones - Twerking or something there of. Lazy Jane - Feeling down cuz she has to work. Look at me Sally - 100,000 selfies. 20 a day at least Cheap Ass Bob and Jane - sharing links to retail food outlets that their too cheap to eat at, but do so, to win a free munchy. The Mod Squad gals - selfie gansta poses with guppy lips, who couldn't be a gangsta if they married one. And on, and on, and on. I'm out. Dec 13 17 07:11 am Link Never been on FB. Old fashioned, call my friends on the phone or get together for a meal. Dec 13 17 07:43 am Link I'm a little bit on Facebook. ... Facebook Purity does an excellent job of reducing the unwanted crap on FB. ... If that link doesn't work, you can go to the FB Purity Facebook page. ... I am careful about who I "friend", and I tend to avoid signing up or visiting businesses. ... I tend to drop "peripheral" friends after a while. ... I try (and admittedly don't always succeed) to limit my posts. Yeah, FB is a big time sink, and is not a good substitute for social interactions. Try FB Purity! Dec 13 17 08:05 am Link I started on it years ago, but pretty much left it as it became too consuming for clutter. When my computer died, so did the password so I never went back. Brother dropped it as he found his blood sugar went up when he was on it and got annoyed with something (He's a Type 2.). My doc thinks social media is the bane of society and he sees too many Type 2 kids now, and said his own son is borderline and too fat. My niece is heavily into social media on her phone and tablet. Bad part is she is growing horizontally instead of vertically as she does not get her fat @ss off the couch or bed. No Xmas puter toys for her, maybe some skates or something to get her out of the house and moving. Dec 13 17 08:32 am Link Glad you chose the Blue Pill I was born outside the Matrix and have never been touched by the Machine Dec 13 17 08:42 am Link I have a FB page with 61 followers  Dec 13 17 08:51 am Link nwprophoto wrote: Wow! Do people still do this???? Dec 13 17 09:15 am Link . Dec 13 17 09:28 am Link I'm looking for a Socialist network to join  my activity on FB is limited to a couple of times a month to give insincere birthday wishes to people I hardly know Dec 13 17 10:11 am Link I gave up my fb a few days ago. I didn't tell anyone. I also changed my personal number. unfortunately people can still bug me through my business fb account. To do that though they need to talk to my manager. It's nice to get out of the matrix. Dec 13 17 10:22 am Link I never got into FB, but I'm still wondering whether that was wise when I keep reading on MM that the models are migrating there and photogs say on the forum threads that they us FB to find models. Dec 13 17 11:04 am Link I don't mind FB. My "friends" on there are a mix of relatives, real friends, past co-workers and models I've worked with. Most of them have enough sense to avoid politics, and for those who don't, I simply ignore their stuff. I have family/friends scattered all around the place, so it's an easy way to keep up with what everyone's up to. Dec 13 17 11:55 am Link Each to their own... I was never a big FB power user to start with anyway. I'm over it, and gone. Not looking back...  Dec 13 17 01:23 pm Link Yay! My life certainly has improved by NOT being on the social big brother called Facebook. I develop more organic friendships that are beneficial to me. I'm not pressured to care about image 24/7. I'm not inundated with posts I don't want to read over my phone, email and wall. I don't feel comfortable with anyone giving me a running tally of their life. My friends CALL me, email me and SEE me in person without an audience. I like this! P.S. - if you have to be reminded of a 'friend's' birthday through Facebook, you are not really a good friend. Dec 13 17 01:33 pm Link Jules NYC wrote: Way back when I created my FB account I put in a phoney birth-date, since that piece of data is one more useful tidbit for prospective identity thieves to use against you. Dec 13 17 04:13 pm Link PhillipM wrote: Good stay out if that is what gets you panty's in a bunch. Those sound like people who are sharing themselves and their interest. Dec 13 17 08:55 pm Link I do find the local Models & Photography group to be useful in announcing availability, travel plans, events, or simply posting of recent pictures. It appears to me that I can find more models on Facebook than on MM, and I get to hear about more traveling model plans on FB than on MM. It's annoying, however, that FB has a universal censorship policy with regards to what can & can't be posted on a model's portfolio. Still, I am more likely to find my next model or to get more recommendations / references on FB than on MM. Dec 14 17 08:05 am Link FB=< Mental Health http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/ … twork.html A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel https://hbr.org/2017/04/a-new-more-rigo … e-you-feel Dec 14 17 11:59 am Link Facebook just published a very interesting article called Hard Questions: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us? What I found particularly interesting was how the actual data and the results thereof reflect not only my own personal use of social media, but my experience with internet technologies in general (especially now that it's been a decade since I retired from full-time high-tech work), and even many of my IRL interactions as well: active participation rather than passive consumption. I think it's awesome that people are taking their own initiative to place social media and other potentially-intrusive tech either at a comfortable distance, or entirely out of their lives even. As with any number of things, it's not for everyone. Some people will experience great results and obtain very positive feedback, for others it will be adequate but no big deal, for some others it will be just plain meh, yet for further others it could be counter-productive and maybe even harmful. Dec 15 17 04:31 pm Link Okay -- serious discussion question: What's the difference between Facebook & Model Mayhem to you? How is one better than the other? Dec 15 17 07:42 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: ... FB is more pervasive & intrusive. Dec 15 17 07:44 pm Link BTW, Facebook is introducing a new feature: the Snooze "button"  Dec 16 17 05:21 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: MM serves a series of inter-related, definable purposes. (however well or ill.) Dec 16 17 05:56 pm Link Me, I just create a List (I have several of them). On this List, which I use as my main "newsfeed" consists of only pages, businesses, and people I want to see. So, I have stuff from car magazines, photographers, models, a small handful of friends, etc. The advantages of using a List is you don't see every stinkin' activity friends do even when they are on the List. You don't see likes, reactions, shared stupid memes. You only see their actual post and if they like a page. For actual real life friends (and family), I have a Friend List (FB has one as default). I also have a Political List. Etc, etc. From time to time, I view those when I'm in the mood for it. This List thing really keeps my "new newsfeed" quiet. Unless I'm reading an article, I'm done with FB in less than 5 minutes. Dec 16 17 07:52 pm Link Looknsee Photography wrote: MM: you choose if you want to participate Dec 16 17 07:58 pm Link |
