Top Ten Reasons TO Quit Facebook
10. Decorum
The
infinite space of social media creates a false sense of anonymity. A
significant number of Fcbk users will post, share, and/or like things online
that they would not in public (or they will “like” or “follow” a cause that
they could not explain if you wanted to know the details). Most importantly,
the vocabulary, lack of grammar, and complaining environment of the Fcbk space
is annoying.
9. Social Politics
With
my business clients and professional networks, with my coworkers at the
water-cooler, and as often as possible with my friends & family, I stay
away from discussions of party politics, government actions / inactions,
religious views, and entertainment news media unless I know that the present
company can have an educated and passive conversation. Similar to precarious
conversations about religion or politics, Fcbk has created a new type of social
politics that is easy to get sucked into and fall victim to the backlash.
8. Huge Amount of Risk
(Personal & Professional)
Ever
hear anyone say “we broke up because of Facebook,” or “I lost my job because of
Facebook?” Personally, I firmly believe that responsibility lies within our own
actions and that the blame isn’t really on Fcbk. The truth though, is that
people are sharing, communicating, and are more closely connected than ever
before. One mistake- shared with thousands- could lead to personal, professional,
financial, and reputational losses that could significantly change the
trajectory or outcome of your future.
7. Better Ways to Connect
I
feel that Facebook has given friends, family, co-workers, and clients an easy
excuse to be impersonal and feel okay or complacent about it. “THAT MAKES NO
SENSE” you’re probably screaming; especially after I just wrote that we are
more connected in 2014 than ever before. The thing is, I believe in deep waters
not vast shallow kiddie-pools…. The people I physically spend time with, the
people that I verbally talk to on a regular basis and who call me, the friends
I meet for coffee, or the people I play sports with are the relationships that
I strongly rely on. “Following,” re-posting or sharing, “Liking,” or sending
birthday messages because the computer reminded you are not the ways in which I
want to connect.
6. Negative Psychological
Effects of Personal Inflation
It
is extremely rare that someone posts negative things about themselves, or
shares something they did wrong or that wasn’t cool, or admits to something
they are ashamed of… So, very much like airbrushing an already super-skinny
model on a magazine advertisement, Facebook is a cheap misrepresentation of
reality and I believe that this has psychological consequences on Fcbk users. I
would even make a small argument that the gap between your inflated Fcbk life,
and your reality, leads to moments of disappointment and self doubt.
5. Facebook Stalking
I don’t claim for this to be
MY personal problem (I’m not that cool), but we all know that Fcbk stalking is
real (especially because so many users are irresponsibly eager to publicize
their personal information). You yourself may have been a Fcbk Stalker,
you may have been “cased” or a victim of someone’s preconceived notions thanks
to your Fcbk page, or you might just hate the fact that your Fcbk profile is
just that…. A self-portrait / profile made public (and it will be judged).
4. Focusing on Linked-In &
My Professional Network
YoutTube
is a video sharing website, Gmail is an electronic mail (e-mail) website,
Yahoo! and Google are search engines, and Facebook is a social network. I make
no profit or commission from arguing this point, but Linked-In is a
professional networking website and the way in which users present / carry
themselves on Linked-In is far superior, much more mature, and much more
professional than on Facebook. Time wasted on Fcbk should be time invested on
building your professional networks, on writing timely paragraphs or articles
about trends within your industry, and on making connections with people who
can enhance your career path.
3. The Facebook Lifestyle is
Like Dating a Robot Girlfriend
Facebook
promotes the legitimacy of living your life through the lens of a camera phone
and that lifestyle is transactional and electronic… People watch fireworks, go
to concerts, and watch their children play by taking videos through their
telephones instead of using their own two eyes. Worst of all, look around at
the next restaurant you visit and you will see how many people are glued to
their cell-phones checking status updates. Facebook might make you feel
“famous” when other users “like” your posts or comment on what your doing, but
that is a false, shallow, and short-lived trade-off for the genuine
satisfaction that long-term memories can create.
2. Facebook Will Be the
Catalyst to the Next Stock Market Bubble Burst
Facebook
sells advertisement space and makes a ton of money doing so? No way!! I never
heard of that before… Don’t newspapers and the YellowPages also sell
advertisement space?... Main street (not Wall street) investors who believe in
publicly-traded, social media corporations are at great risk of losing their
principal investments at the whim of a fashion trend.
1. Data Mining & Invasive
Advertising
Your
Facebook profile, the trends you “follow,” the organizations that you “like,”
the locations that you “check-in” at, and all of the things that you share,
these are all components of your electronic Facebook personality profile and
these profiles are being compiled and data-mined for targeted advertisement. If
you want to know Facebook’s true monetary value, consider how much a savvy
salesman or saleswoman would pay to know your deepest interests and desires…
That’s why Facebook makes money on advertisements; thanks to your profile.
Risk Management Specialist & Agent at H.D. Segur
Insurance Agency
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