RE: Social Media is Evil
September 21, 2018 at 10:29 pm
(This post was last modified: September 21, 2018 at 10:32 pm by outtathereligioncloset.)
(September 21, 2018 at 8:01 pm)chimp3 Wrote:(September 21, 2018 at 6:45 pm)outtathereligioncloset Wrote: Hubby and I frequent a ukulele jam group that is a 45 minute drive from home for us. And the only way we can see if a jam session has been cancelled is on....wait for it....fucking Facebook. We used to be able to at least see minimal information, but when I tried to look at the "public" (I guess) part of their page this week it threw a wall up at me and wouldn't let me see a damned thing without signing up with Facebook. It's infuriating!
A ukelele jam group? Ok! You just proved the OP's point!
We love our ukes. It's really hard to be anything but happy when playing a ukulele. That and TTA are what have kept me relatively sane for the past couple of years.
(September 21, 2018 at 9:09 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(September 21, 2018 at 8:00 pm)Thoreauvian Wrote: Facebook is okay. I have one friend, so I don't have to worry about peaking into the windows of virtual strangers. I have "liked" a range of news sources, museums, and climate change organizations I enjoy following. And I am collecting beautiful paintings and photography with the "share" function.
The thing is, there used to be message boards dedicated to those subjects. You need not have have joined this monolithic group which exists for no other reason than to mine your data and sell it to third parties.
You are not a costumer on Facebook. You are a commodity.
Not only that; you are stifling creativity by patronizing Facebook.
Why are you here on AF rather than a stupid Facebook group? It's better, right? So is everything else. A dedicated message forum has higher standards. Facebook lowers the bar.
Plus, I don't want to put all my information out for the world to see. I feel comfortable enough putting it out here because it's a limited arena. Why would I want to open myself up to an enormous forum - with very few individuals of which I have any affinity for at all?
Yeah, at one point I actually relented and tried to join facebook JUST for being able to see that ukulele jam page and the disgusting number of times I could only get a coupon or special "deal" through a facebook page. But for some reason its system would NOT allow me to sign up as
first name: Fuck
Last name: Facebook
Where are we going and why am I in this hand basket?
