I decided to not log into facebook this month: facebook free January. I kind of love facebook. I've friends all over the world and it's such a great way to keep in touch and well it gives such a terrific false sense of human interaction. It's also such a huge waste of time and I'm certain I have an addiction. Now facebook is driving me crazy. I haven't logged in for three days and they keep e-mailing me telling me that I've so many un-read messages and so many notifications pending. When did they start doing this? I've gone a few days without logging in before and now one day without and I'm getting "come back" e-mails. Kind of pushy, eh?
Staying away the first two days was easy. Now after two e-mails I feel like I'm missing out on something by not checking these un-read messages and pending notifications. Am I missing anything, no! I have a telephone. Most people who would need to contact me can call. gah!
I went Facebook free 3 years ago as New Years resolution and I love it now. Why don't you email your close friends instead? You can send them a picture and have real interaction with just them. I think Facebook is depressing and its actually been proven that repeatedly gives one lower self esteem because of the constant comparison. Stay strong. You will appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I don't have self esteem issues because of it but it's definitely depressing for several different reasons. I find myself getting depressed just after scrolling through the feed and seeing different articles people have posted and sometimes watching people's horrible life decisions play out on facebook can be a pretty big downer. It also makes me angry a lot. Some statuses... but I do love the positive aspects it has. I really just need to figure out how to limit how often I log in and scroll through the feed. I don't want to log on this month though.
ReplyDeleteGood job cutting the cord! And I could e-mail close friends; I will this month too, but in truth there are a lot of people that I really care about (I'm not a facebook user with hundreds of friends) that I would lose touch with if I weren't on facebook. again, Gah!
You can change your settings so you won't get emails. I did that and it is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI know that I turned off most of the facebook notification e-mails. I had thought I only left one e-mail notification on. I sometimes get an e-mail from them if someone mentions me in a comment but that's it. But I think this "come back" e-mail thing must be fairly new. I'll have to turn that e-mail notification off when I go back. It's really annoying!
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