#DeleteFacebook

[method115]

It's only the founders and former executives of the company quoting studies saying that FB is bad for your mental health. I guess the consumer is always right.

What you just said is the equivalent of a cigarette company whistleblower say that cigarettes will give you lung cancer, and as a person who doesn't want to face their addiction say, "Cancer? That sort of stuff is for people with weak genetics IMO."

I found the study here's a very important quote from it:

"We found consistently that both liking others’ content and clicking links significantly predicted a subsequent reduction in self-reported physical health, mental health, and life satisfaction."

I underlined the most important word in that quote. I don't use it significantly and I barely ever click links. Like I said nothing to worry about and that's why I wasn't worried to begin with because I was 99% sure it was for people who are obsessed with it FB. Just like as a kid I was never worried about porn and not being able to get my dick hard cause I wasn't obsessed.

My whole point was I used it to keep up with family and that's it. Anyone who thinks such little use here and there is going to negatively affecting them is a fucking idiot.

 

[Jake the Muss]

I found the study here's a very important quote from it:

"We found consistently that both liking others’ content and clicking links significantly predicted a subsequent reduction in self-reported physical health, mental health, and life satisfaction."

I underlined the most important word in that quote. I don't use it significantly and I barely ever click links. Like I said nothing to worry about and that's why I wasn't worried to begin with because I was 99% sure it was for people who are obsessed with it FB. Just like as a kid I was never worried about porn and not being able to get my dick hard cause I wasn't obsessed.

My whole point was I used it to keep up with family and that's it. Anyone who thinks such little use here and there is going to negatively affecting them is a fucking idiot.

Quote your source.

 

[PoundForPound]

My GF insist that I use facebook I already told her I am avoiding FB because its just trash my clients asked me to be on FB but I created a company oriented profile anyway they ain't gonna add my Personal account.

The GF wants FB because she uses that as a cheap messanger when are both at work I told her to open Skype,Hanggouts,Viber but she is stubborn as fuck

I'm taking away your man card if you can't logically convince your gf to use those alternatives

 

[Jake the Muss]

Also @method115 , you seem pretty defensive about your FB use.

Seeking out validation when nobody asked you about your use. Social media is a breeding ground for narcissism.

To be honest, I don't care, but I will test your faulty logic, especially if you are going to be blurting it out for other people to read.

You should learn to keep some stuff to yourself.

 

[method115]

Quote your source.

https://hbr.org/2017/04/a-new-more-...-the-more-you-use-facebook-the-worse-you-feel

Don't even know how reliable this is. Feel free to post your studies and I'll look over them to but come on man. You can't possibly think that using FB for a little bit is bad for you.

 

[curryjunkie]

the irony of using a social media platform to denounce a social media platform #thisonesokreally

 

[n...not crazy]

Facebook has always given me the willies. Not a user.

But tweeter gives me the willies too. Pretty funny, a twatter campaign to delete facebook. Derrrrr

 

[method115]

Also @method115 , you seem pretty defensive about your FB use.

Seeking out validation when nobody asked you about your use. Social media is a breeding ground for narcissism.

To be honest, I don't care, but I will test your faulty logic, especially if you are going to be blurting it out for other people to read.

You should learn to keep some stuff to yourself.

I think your confused.

1. Not defensive about my use. I'm having a discussion about it on a forum not sure where in my post you thought I was being defensive.

2. Your right nobody asked me about my use but it became relevant because you said FB was bad for you and I linked a study showing that it's only people who use it to much that have issues.

3. Really don't understand why I would need to keep it myself that last comment is honestly just weird.

 

[Jake the Muss]

https://hbr.org/2017/04/a-new-more-...-the-more-you-use-facebook-the-worse-you-feel

Don't even know how reliable this is. Feel free to post your studies and I'll look over them to but come on man. You can't possibly think that using FB for a little bit is bad for you.

Are you sure the quote isn't meant to be read as:

"We found consistently that both liking others’ content and clicking links significantly predicted a subsequent reduction in self-reported physical health, mental health, and life satisfaction."

As in the likelihood of knowing that it reduces one's life satisfaction became more certain the more people used it. Not that significant usage is required to see negative effects.

 

[Jake the Muss]

I think your confused.

1. Not defensive about my use. I'm having a discussion about it on a forum not sure where in my post you thought I was being defensive.

2. Your right nobody asked me about my use but it became relevant because you said FB was bad for you and I linked a study showing that it's only people who use it to much that have issues.

3. Really don't understand why I would need to keep it myself that last comment is honestly just weird.

1. It is projection and reaction formation. You are projecting yourself in a situation in order to form a reaction from other people's responses. That is a clear example of a narcissist searching for their supply. Is this how you and the rest of your mentally sound family interact with each other on FB?

2. Look at point 1.

3. Look at point 1.

 

[Luminaire]

#deletefacebook

*keeps instagram*

 

[MoparOrNoCar]

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...d-as-they-delete-accounts-cambridge-analytica

Article says that when people delete their facebook profiles, they have an option to download a zip file with all their information on it. They're finding it has logged their calls and text messages. Are they just talking about some sort of facebook app calls and messages or is facebook somehow able to log everything on your phone whether you use their app or not?

 

[method115]

Are you sure the quote isn't meant to be read as:

"We found consistently that both liking others’ content and clicking links significantly predicted a subsequent reduction in self-reported physical health, mental health, and life satisfaction."

As in the likelihood of knowing that it reduces one's life satisfaction became more certain the more people used it. Not that significant usage is required to see negative effects.

Ok then take this quote from the same study:

Overall our results suggests that well-being declines are also matter of quantity of use rather than only quality of use. If this is the case, our results contrast with previousresearch arguing that the quantity of social media interaction is irrelevant, and that only the quality of those interactions matter.

1. It is projection and reaction formation. You are projecting yourself in a situation in order to form a reaction from other people's responses. That is a clear example of a narcissist searching for their supply. Is this how you and the rest of your mentally sound family interact with each other on FB?

2. Look at point 1.

3. Look at point 1.

Ok well I don't know what to tell you. At the end of the day your not qualified to make such a statement and in the rare chance that you are you should know better than to try and diagnose someone off a post on an online forum.

 

[Jake the Muss]

Ok then take this quote from the same study:

Overall our results suggests that well-being declines are also matter of quantity of use rather than only quality of use. If this is the case, our results contrast with previousresearch arguing that the quantity of social media interaction is irrelevant, and that only the quality of those interactions matter.

We are in an agreement here.

Ok well I don't know what to tell you. At the end of the day your not qualified to make such a statement and in the rare chance that you are you should know better than to try and diagnose someone off a post on an online forum.

It's not a diagnosis. It is an observation.

 

[Fawlty]

@Fawlty @soILL618

Didn't you watch the video in the OP?

Appearance is not the same as essence.

All you guys are doing is contributing to the fantasy that you want to project, not even realizing how much psychological damage you are inflicting on yourself and others.

"A person can ignore reality, but they cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality." Ayn Rand

I'm not doing anything of the sort. All I did was attack the idea that social media is for egomaniacal children with nothing important to say, and that's clearly wrong.

I also don't contribute to any fantasies about social media. I have almost no FB presence (and no Twitter/Snapchat etc), just a couple people to chat with and a way for people to find me.

 

[JonesBones]

FB is going nowhere. People have uploaded thousands of photos of their kids over the years. It is their social life. Somebody on TV said mining bitcoin is easier than quitting Facebook.

I basically use it like Fawlty does. to communicate with just a few people I otherwise wouldnt. and that wont change.

 

[Beechwood]

Hopefully with news that government regulators are going to be investigating Facebook and get to the bottom of what has happened, people will begin to find more confidence with them.

 

[MikeMcMann]

My GF insist that I use facebook I already told her I am avoiding FB because its just trash my clients asked me to be on FB but I created a company oriented profile anyway they ain't gonna add my Personal account.

The GF wants FB because she uses that as a cheap messanger when are both at work I told her to open Skype,Hanggouts,Viber but she is stubborn as fuck

My experience is that many girls like you to have facebook as they feel they can look into your life more and track things you do for consistency. it is a great snoop tool for them.

i explained how I was dating a gal who was always asking me all sorts of weird leading questions, like she had some information but only part on things I was doing. And while I was doing nothing wrong, she would ask loaded questions just to see how I would answer.

what she was doing was she had gone through my facebook and was following or had connected to many of my friends under a fake profile she had and particularity any of the pretty girls in my group I had mentioned to her prior. I wasn't even in a commuted relationship with this girl, as we had only been dating to this point and she was asking me stuff liek 'where were you on Friday night last week?" "Oh and who was there with you", as she had seen one of my female friends facebook or instagram posts saying something like 'good times at XYZ with ___" (me). And if I answered back something like I was just out with some guy friends she would use that to determine i was untrustworthy. Somehow she could not connect that all her snooping was untrustworthy.

But she flat out told me when I basically let her know I did not want to see her anymore due to be being creeped out by her snooping that she was able to find anything today through social media and she already knew far more than I was telling her. And she is second gal I have ended a relationship with due to that type of stalking.

So i think that is why your gal wants you to have Facebook page as it is the best way to see which gals connect to you and then to stalk those gals and thereby you for consistencies.

 

[Jake the Muss]

My experience is that many girls like you to have facebook as they feel they can look into your life more and track things you do for consistency. it is a great snoop tool for them.

i explained how I was dating a gal who was always asking me all sorts of weird leading questions, like she had some information but only part on things I was doing. And while I was doing nothing wrong, she would ask loaded questions just to see how I would answer.

what she was doing was she had gone through my facebook and was following or had connected to many of my friends under a fake profile she had and particularity any of the pretty girls in my group I had mentioned to her prior. I wasn't even in a commuted relationship with this girl, as we had only been dating to this point and she was asking me stuff liek 'where were you on Friday night last week?" "Oh and who was there with you", as she had seen one of my female friends facebook or instagram posts saying something like 'good times at XYZ with ___" (me). And if I answered back something like I was just out with some guy friends she would use that to determine i was untrustworthy. Somehow she could not connect that all her snooping was untrustworthy.

But she flat out told me when I basically let her know I did not want to see her anymore due to be being creeped out by her snooping that she was able to find anything today through social media and she already knew far more than I was telling her. And she is second gal I have ended a relationship with due to that type of stalking.

So i think that is why your gal wants you to have Facebook page as it is the best way to see which gals connect to you and then to stalk those gals and thereby you for consistencies.

I have had something similar to this happen to me and it was a pain to deal with. It wasn't to this extent, so I can't imagine what was going through your head.

She sounds obsessive, manipulative, controlling, and vindictive. Good thing you got out early. This could've been you:

 

[MikeMcMann]

Your browsers and smart phones collect more information than FB ...

True to some degree but not necessarily as personalized unless you log in to your browser and have it connected to a profile (say your Chrome browser to your

I have had something similar to this happen to me and it was a pain to deal with. It wasn't to this extent, so I can't imagine what was going through your head.

She sounds obsessive, manipulative, controlling, and vindictive. Good thing you got out early. This could've been you:

lol.

And she otherwise seemed like a great gal so that is what frustrated me.

I was out with a few guys and few gal friends and brought up this 'snooping' thing but did not label it a gal thing. I was surprised that two of the 3 women tried to justify it to some regard and the third was neutral and none of the guys thought it was OK.

I told the ladies that one of the questions she asked me was about a night I had told her I was just out with some friends. I was in fact out on another date. But this girl and I had only been out on two dates prior, never had any intimacy and I think neither of us was sure we would have a third date but it was still possible. So when she asked me (and me not knowing she was snooping) I told a white lie and just said 'out with friends' and not a date.

the other ladies seemed to think that 'see, there she caught you lying'. Which I admitted but also said we all have every right to tell a white lie in that scenario. I don't owe someone I have went on one or two dates with but that nothing has progressed with the information that I just went out on another date and she would not owe me such info. Simply saying 'out with friends' is fine in a situation like that. And if she snoops and sees in the other girls profile her saying something like 'nice date night at XYZ restaurant' with a picture of the food and she guesses it was me since it was the same restaurant then just bring it up. Say 'look I snooped and want to know if you were actually out on a date that night' instead of trying to ask leading questions to see if I will admit and when I don't (and I should not have to) you then come out that you have trust issues with me for not disclosing. Well sorry but I have trust issues with you for snooping and trying to hide how you know things.

it frustrates me when people are manufacturing things to be offended by. And this idea that people owe you full life disclosure honesty before you hardly even know one another is nutty.