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Yeah, I think I’m going to give up social media. Since we’ve found out this year what a sinister company [https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-scandals-2018/ Facebook] really is, I'm souring on tech companies in general. Since money is the ultimate goal of this country and its companies, I just want to support such behavior as little as possible. Even [http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-bonuses-money-us-350-billion-taxes-trump/ Apple]. I'm just tired of supporting the greed and materialism of this country, and I see social media giants, right now, as symptomatic of this dis-ease. | Yeah, I think I’m going to give up social media. Since we’ve found out this year what a sinister company [https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-scandals-2018/ Facebook] really is, I'm souring on tech companies in general. Since money is the ultimate goal of this country and its companies, I just want to support such behavior as little as possible. Even [http://fortune.com/2018/01/18/apple-bonuses-money-us-350-billion-taxes-trump/ Apple]. I'm just tired of supporting the greed and materialism of this country, and I see social media giants, right now, as symptomatic of this dis-ease. | ||
So, I think I'm gonna pull the plug, beginning with Facebook.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/how-to-quit-facebook/ |title=How to Quit Facebook |last1=Quirk |first=Mary Beth |last2=St. John |first2=Allen |date=November 15, 2018 |website=Consumer Reports |publisher= |access-date=2018-12-30 |quote=}}</ref> Then Twitter. Flickr. Instagram (that might hurt). Medium. 2019 might be the year where I close accounts. I've been thinking about this for a while. I used to have a more optimistic view of social media and its potential to usher in change, and maybe it still has that potential, but all I seem to see is its insipid side. Where I used to read novels before bed, now I scroll though the endless banality of Facebook. Just that fact alone should convince me. | So, I think I'm gonna pull the plug, beginning with Facebook.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.consumerreports.org/social-media/how-to-quit-facebook/ |title=How to Quit Facebook |last1=Quirk |first=Mary Beth |last2=St. John |first2=Allen |date=November 15, 2018 |website=Consumer Reports |publisher= |access-date=2018-12-30 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://medium.com/@hrheingold/on-quitting-facebook-4f8c8eacbd3f |title=On quitting Facebook |last=Rheingold |first=Howard |date=October 1, 2018 |website=Medium |access-date=2018-10-02 |ref=harv }}</ref> Then Twitter. Flickr. Instagram (that might hurt). Medium. 2019 might be the year where I close accounts. I've been thinking about this for a while. I used to have a more optimistic view of social media and its potential to usher in change, and maybe it still has that potential, but all I seem to see is its insipid side. Where I used to read novels before bed, now I scroll though the endless banality of Facebook. Just that fact alone should convince me. | ||
What am I afraid of? Losing touch? If anyone is interested at all (and who is really), a Google search can find this site — especially if it's the only one I'm using. | What am I afraid of? Losing touch? If anyone is interested at all (and who is really), a Google search can find this site — especially if it's the only one I'm using. | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 2 January 2019
I think I’m going to do it.
Yeah, I think I’m going to give up social media. Since we’ve found out this year what a sinister company Facebook really is, I'm souring on tech companies in general. Since money is the ultimate goal of this country and its companies, I just want to support such behavior as little as possible. Even Apple. I'm just tired of supporting the greed and materialism of this country, and I see social media giants, right now, as symptomatic of this dis-ease.
So, I think I'm gonna pull the plug, beginning with Facebook.[1][2] Then Twitter. Flickr. Instagram (that might hurt). Medium. 2019 might be the year where I close accounts. I've been thinking about this for a while. I used to have a more optimistic view of social media and its potential to usher in change, and maybe it still has that potential, but all I seem to see is its insipid side. Where I used to read novels before bed, now I scroll though the endless banality of Facebook. Just that fact alone should convince me.
What am I afraid of? Losing touch? If anyone is interested at all (and who is really), a Google search can find this site — especially if it's the only one I'm using.
And, yes, I know Google, Amazon, and Apple are maybe just as bad. It might be a bit harder to cut them out. I can begin smaller.
Note
- ↑ Quirk, Mary Beth; St. John, Allen (November 15, 2018). "How to Quit Facebook". Consumer Reports. Retrieved 2018-12-30.
- ↑ Rheingold, Howard (October 1, 2018). "On quitting Facebook". Medium. Retrieved 2018-10-02.
