Not on Facebook

[Anonymous]

I’ve never been on fb in my life. I was in grad school when it sort of became thing and it seemed like an undergrad thing to me. Then once it became the nightmare everyone heard about during contentious elections, I was never so glad about a decision I’ve made. The tricky thing is that so many people do seem to keep up that way, so I don’t really keep up with college friends anymore, or any of my extended family. But still happy with my decision. My spouse never signed up either although friends tried to sign up on their behalf. They just deleted the emails and never took the bait.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They work in the tech industry.

This. Or they have a close friend or family member who does. If you actually knew how Facebook worked, you wouldn't be on there either. Consider: Facebook lost $10 billion dollars in ONE QUARTER in 2022 because Apple started asking iPhone users if they want to allow apps to track them. When asked, users largely say no, which eliminates a major, profitable revenue stream for Facebook.

Now ask yourself what Facebook does that you don't get asked about. Or ask yourself how Facebook is dealing with that loss of revenue. Do you think Zuckerberg was like "Oh, okay -- I guess people don't like being tracked that way. We'll just make less money and respect their privacy."

Come on. Facebook is trash, y'all should know better.

We are all being tracked in myriad ways. Your iPhone is tracking you even if you aren’t on Facebook.

Who cares?

I’ve actually discovered all kinds of cool things suggested by FB and Insta.

[Anonymous]

Dh was applying to high security clearance type jobs when Facebook was bug so never joined. Now, he doesn't really care because the luster has worn off. Also works in IT.

I use Facebook but know the app now knows everything about me. It might have been smarter not to start.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like you hate FB because you think FB posted misinformation about the elections in 2016.

The Federal government agencies don't ban FB.

I think it's a little over the top to have so much loathing for people on FB.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does this say about a person?

For me it means I do not like the rabid misinformation, nutty political posts, and over sharing of daily lives.

[Anonymous]

I’m shocked that people still have Facebook!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m shocked that people still have Facebook!

Agreed, what are they even doing on there? I would honestly be embarrassed to still be on Facebook at this point. It’s for the elderly and SAHMs trying sell you stuff from their MLM. I know a couple people who use it just to access Buy Nothing groups, but the idea of using it to “like” photos and share details about your life? Cringe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They have serious jealousy issues and their therapist advised them to get off social media.

So you are talking about former FB users.
There are still people who never had it, like me and a couple of friends. We have no concept of your usual FB traumas, since we never been on it.

[Anonymous]

They're not a grandparent???

No one young is on that site.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have serious jealousy issues and their therapist advised them to get off social media.

So you are talking about former FB users.
There are still people who never had it, like me and a couple of friends. We have no concept of your usual FB traumas, since we never been on it.

Also, there are people who quit FB for reasons other than "jealousy issues" and being ordered to do so by their therapist. Obviously. The PP is being ridiculous (and probably is defensive about her own social media use, so she likes to pretend that if someone leaves SM, it must be because they were "just jealous").

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They're not a grandparent???

No one young is on that site.

There is a contingent of middle aged people, especially those with kids though also some who don't. It's the people who got hooked on Facebook 10-15 years ago as a way to brag about their lives and now can't imagine living without also being able to share photos of their latest vacation/kid's accomplishment/kitchen reno with 587 of their dearest friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They have serious jealousy issues and their therapist advised them to get off social media.

This is frankly an insane projection. I'm not on Facebook, have no "jealousy issues", and my therapist and I mostly talk about the challenges I've had in dealing with my aging parents. I am not on Facebook because I did it for a while and found it boring, and then discovered all this questionable stuff Facebook does with my data and decided I'd prefer not to hadn't them information in that way.

You are weird.

So are you saying that every single person that goes to therapy only talks about their ailing parents? There are so many articles about social media and jealousy. How do you not know that’s a thing

NP. Just posting again and again about social media and jealousy doesn’t make your argument valid 👍

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband has an account but never looks at it. Then he makes fun of me for looking at it every day...he thinks it's just gossip and phonies. Yet, he complains that he doesn't know what's going on. What? My old favorite band from the 1990s played a show and my friends went? Why didn't I know about this? Or at a family gathering, "cousin Liz had another baby? How did I not know this?"

So you like being manipulated by an AI. If cared about your “favorite” band from the 1990’s I am sure you would have already known. Cousin Liz I bet you talk to her a lot.

[Anonymous]

My teenager just told me that kids his age are starting to get on Facebook. Made me chuckle. Maybe they are doing it ironically?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They're not a grandparent???

No one young is on that site.

There is a contingent of middle aged people, especially those with kids though also some who don't. It's the people who got hooked on Facebook 10-15 years ago as a way to brag about their lives and now can't imagine living without also being able to share photos of their latest vacation/kid's accomplishment/kitchen reno with 587 of their dearest friends.

Ha, l know a few people that fit this, but most of the middle aged people l know (say 40 -50) are over it and not worried that there isn’t a replacement for bragging to your hundreds of “friends”