I am getting over my addiction to Facebook. I'm probably down to 20 minutes per day from a couple of hours. I do like to see the clever cartoons which support my liberal political views and I get a lot of them probably because I "like" so many. I taped 2 quotations under my computer screen,"Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, give someone the peace of your mind." - Anonymous. "There is no way to peace; peace is the way." - A.J. Muste. I try not to get involved in rhetorical battles because people are loathe to give up the rhetoric flowing through their minds and coloring their perception of existence. The voting in this election was based entirely on rhetoric. Now that the reality is hitting, the large majority of us are being harmed, yet many still cling to the rhetoric because it, to a large part, forms their self-identity. When we attempt to change minds as to politics, psychology or philosophy we are trying to change a person's identity, personality and the character they perceive themselves to be . . . which is felt as the harshest of attacks.
The abilities to block or unfollow people on Facebook may be the best features of the app. Most of the undesirable weeds have been pulled. Still, I'm working on only dipping into the Facebook cesspool once or twice a week. It's helping, though I'm missing out on what friends and family are up to.
I'm using Insta more, but just to post positive visual stuff, and using Bluesky (mostly as a lurker) for the political stuff. That's helping too.
And if you want to invest in a somewhat useful time suck, try the NYT games. Insider tip: the answer to cookie clues in the crossword is always oreo.
99.9% of both my parents sides of the family with whom I am “friends” on FB are religious and/or MAGA nuts. Each time I friend a new one, I go and look at their feed, find the same pasted regurgitated MAGA crap as the last one, and unfollow them immediately thereafter. I don’t need that poison in my daily life. None of them seem to have an original opinion, it’s just all pasted and shared crap. When I do post something that they find offensive and they make the same tired responses as usual, I just ignore it. I find that I have a lot of acquaintances, but very few friends. Suits me fine.
I am getting over my addiction to Facebook. I'm probably down to 20 minutes per day from a couple of hours. I do like to see the clever cartoons which support my liberal political views and I get a lot of them probably because I "like" so many. I taped 2 quotations under my computer screen,"Instead of giving someone a piece of your mind, give someone the peace of your mind." - Anonymous. "There is no way to peace; peace is the way." - A.J. Muste. I try not to get involved in rhetorical battles because people are loathe to give up the rhetoric flowing through their minds and coloring their perception of existence. The voting in this election was based entirely on rhetoric. Now that the reality is hitting, the large majority of us are being harmed, yet many still cling to the rhetoric because it, to a large part, forms their self-identity. When we attempt to change minds as to politics, psychology or philosophy we are trying to change a person's identity, personality and the character they perceive themselves to be . . . which is felt as the harshest of attacks.
The abilities to block or unfollow people on Facebook may be the best features of the app. Most of the undesirable weeds have been pulled. Still, I'm working on only dipping into the Facebook cesspool once or twice a week. It's helping, though I'm missing out on what friends and family are up to.
I'm using Insta more, but just to post positive visual stuff, and using Bluesky (mostly as a lurker) for the political stuff. That's helping too.
And if you want to invest in a somewhat useful time suck, try the NYT games. Insider tip: the answer to cookie clues in the crossword is always oreo.
99.9% of both my parents sides of the family with whom I am “friends” on FB are religious and/or MAGA nuts. Each time I friend a new one, I go and look at their feed, find the same pasted regurgitated MAGA crap as the last one, and unfollow them immediately thereafter. I don’t need that poison in my daily life. None of them seem to have an original opinion, it’s just all pasted and shared crap. When I do post something that they find offensive and they make the same tired responses as usual, I just ignore it. I find that I have a lot of acquaintances, but very few friends. Suits me fine.