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RE: Why I hardly use Facebook anymore and prefer to spend my time and money on Steemit
Fantastic post! I lost interest in fb the minute I started on Steemit. Or maybe not. I have been disillusioned for a while and have been rapidly "unfollowing" "friends". I am searching for "real". Steemit has offered me a little. Congratulations on your milestones achieved.
ten four on the 'unfollow' part. One must be selective.
Thank you.
I think I have found that the most real thing is still friends you actually meet face to face (at least occasionally). It is hard with modern life though to get the time. Plus people live all over the world now.
Most of my best friends are not even in the same country anymore so it makes so much easier to rely on technology.
That is why online connections are so seductive to us all but I do think we lose something if we rely on them too much. Also like I said with FB most of the connections are not really very deep or real.
That said the level of depth you get from reading an average Steemit post is much greater and I think this has to do with the culture of the site and the curation aspects of it.
Here people are encouraged to take their time and post on more weighty issues. If I did that on my regular Facebook feed nobody would ever read anything I posted.
Sad truth, "Most of my best friends are not even in the same country anymore so it makes so much easier to rely on technology" , my situation is the same...
It's how modern society is sadly.
Another good point. :) Back when facebook first started. I joined there in 2007 , a little time after it came into its evolving from the hot or not era. I use to post some long post there. I got lots of responses to them. Yet now, if I post , it gets lost into the black hole!
Yes. I think it is the curse of popularity in some respects.
Totally agree, It seems to be that way here as well! It seems to be a popularity contest. Something you just will never get rid of. No matter what the platform.
Well life is a bit like that really. I don't think you can ever completely get away from that. We are social animals so it is important because of the way we are biologically programmed.
Definitely. No-one liked my posts unless they were silly memes or cats. I like to keep in touch with my only sister living in New Zealand. For the rest I don't care.
Me too. I hardly every check my friend feed. If I want to communicate I just use the messenger. The actual pages are pointless to me.