Ages ago, when Guzzi was a going to be a new bike choice, I reignited my Facebook membership and joined some Ducati and Guzzi groups. Due to the incessant emailing that I got, I have left all the groups but that doesn't seem to stop the incessant emailing (with notifications about Frank - WTF is Frank?) 'I need to find a way of stopping this rubbish or just leaving. But if I leave, how will I manage without groups on steel erection or paving? If you wanna get rid of me, move this group to Facebook - I certainly won't be coming!
I deleted my FB account ages ago as I felt it was becoming a time thief and largely full of shiiiiite.... But I'm told my account has miraculously resurrected itself. Hackers I guess, haven't even checked....
Not looked or posted for more than one year. Hate the reposting of rubbish, fake news, hypocrites and attention deficit characters that abound. After a week it was like a weight being lifted as I rarely posted anyway. Just a kind of bizarre draw that might have been missing something. I was not. It is poison.
I deleted all my social media a fair while ago. For me, I feel like it’s a good tool and genuinely in theory a great idea. However the reality of it is something very different
I guess it depends on whether your friends are a close knit group, that mostly live nearby, or they are spread around the world. Having lived in several countries and worked in many more, FB is an easy way of touching base globally. Turn off all external notifications and its only there when you want it to be. As for content, the divvies will always exist, much the same as any forum.
Facebook is fine, just be wary what you share and tie down your privacy settings. You would not leave your house and garage door wide open, having an open profile on there (or any similar site), is the online equivalent of that. Turn off all the stupid notifications in the relevant page settings and simply go direct to the page you wanna see when you wanna see it - its not hard If you insist on posting your life story details on there, then frankly you deserve all the spam that comes your way The only people with issues, are the ones that do not use it safely
Tried it once, got fed up with being told the dog had a shit in the garden, pictures of pissed up teenagers. I steer clear of mainstream social media, I cannot understand the attraction.
Deleted my account somewhere in ‘15, didn’t used it a lot, and don’t miss it. I just sometimes call my friends and pass by. The friends that are somewhere else in the world I use whatsapp or call them so now and than. Fck the book, childish thing honestly. I’m mid 40s so it’s probably me.
As the saying goes, "each to their own". For me, I have more than enough to deal with using email, WhatsApp (small limited & yes I know who owns it!!) group chats, text and mobile phone. I have never been remotely interested in F-Block, Twatter or such like, nor will I ever be
Now they think I am interested in yellow Ducatis and Moto Guzzi. Does anybody at FB ever ask themselves, "Who the fook, is interested in yellow Ducatis? Not Ducatis - but YELLOW Ducatis!" My brain is fragile now after doing the Census, with FB incessantly emailing me. I think that I will just block the email.
I truly dont get this 'can't get on with it' view lol - kids of 5 have mastered it The only way you can see posts about someone else's sad life stories, is if you friend them and follow them. They would need to be your personal acquaintances unless you are the sort that allows friend requests from anyone and everyone. If you do find a friend boring that way, either unfriend them or just stop following their posts, again its easy. Its the same as on here. If someone gets on your mammaries - block em I have never once seen a single post about someone else's daily doings or yawnerama history....Its a myth those things are all over the platform. They are not. I only accept or send friend requests to/from people I know and know well. I tend not to associate with many doofuses, so they tend to be OK. If one does go rogue, I turn off their notifications. If I piss them off - they turn me off - but the world still revolves FB and Twitter etc literally shows you only what you allow it to show you ... If I buy a newspaper or magazine, I dont read every advert and feature, I read the stuff that interests me only. I dont chuck the whole paper in a bin cos of a boring story. Instead, I just dont read it The guys that cant get on with FB or Twitter are the ones that dont really know how to use it properly. Of itself, it can be as useful a resource as any forum or reference area if used sensibly. If all your friends are saddo's - you need new friends lol
