Facebook. What a waste of time.
Wait a minute. Before that, we had BBS, mIRC, ICQ, AOL, MSN and then Friendster. Of course the list goes on. Fast forward to the current state. We not only have Facebook (here to stay?), although it seems like it is still one of the most popular social media platform as compared to the likes of Instagram, Youtube or even TikTok. And not forgetting Whatsapp WeChat and Twitter. Hey! how about LINE and Telegram? And yes, what happened to Snapchat?
We have evolved from text to network, from network to pictures, from pictures to videos and so on. Socializing. Social media. Socializing online (since time immemorial). It just gets bigger and bigger, choices aplenty. And we are forever stuck in this rigmarole of 'socializing' for the sake of socializing or we are (actually) getting addicted to socializing? Of course, the optimists would lean towards the educational aspect but seriously how much time has been wasted on social media? Let's be frank and honest about it. All because of FOMO? Or should we JOMO?
I had personally quit Facebook more than 1 decade ago and there were no regrets. I just find it useless and totally disruptive. Do I miss Facebook? How can I get the latest news? And how am I going to contact my friends? These are just the standard list of questions that people ask me, at least for the past 1 decade for those who were shocked to find out that I do not have Facebook. Basically as time goes by, I got tired of answering them so I just said.
Facebook (or probably any other social media platform) is basically..
Noise.
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