"Facebook is so annoying." How many times
have you heard that sentiment this past
year? We bet a lot, because more and more
people seem to be getting tired of the social
media platform, especially young people.
We've noticed a nationwide annoyance with
Facebook over 2013. The company even
admitted in October that younger teens were
using the network less frequently on a daily
basis. Here are 11 reasons that might
convince you to let your Facebook account go
in 2014.
1. Nobody actually wants to just read
about what you're doing anymore.
Think about it: What sounds more appealing
(and believable)? Reading a status that
says, "I'm currently hanging out with Will
Smith!" or a picture of that person actually
posing with Smith? A photo is definitely
more engaging. Here's the most-liked
Instagram picture of 2013: Justin Bieber's
snap with Smith. When TIME interviewed
teenagers about their social media use in
March, 16-year-old Hamp Briley explained
that kids these days don't have time for
Facebook: "Twitter’s all statuses,
Instagram’s all pictures. People like to do
more specific things like that instead of
being on just Facebook.”
2. Facebook makes it impossible for you
to stay "private."
For many valid reasons (think stalker exes
or potential employers), some people don't
like having their name come up when it's
typed into the Facebook search bar.
However, most users this year found
problems with changes to privacy settings.
For one, Facebook removed the option to
keep your name hidden when people search
you. They also forced people to control their
privacy settings on a cumbersome item-by-
item basis. Today, the only way to make sure
certain people can't access your profile is to
block them. Or alter your name so it doesn't
appear when people search your real one.
Or, of course, quit Facebook entirely.
3. Your parents (and even
grandparents) are now watching your
every move.
This year seemed to be the year everyone's
mom, dad, grandmother and great aunt got
hooked on Facebook. And that meant every
time you posted a status about something
innocuous, these Facebook novices started
breathing down your neck the minute you hit
"post." We get enough scolding from our
parents "IRL" no need to let it trickle
onto a social media site where our friends
can laugh at our familial bickering.
4. Or they're posting photos of you that
you would never want anyone to see
What's worse than getting no "likes" on an
Instagram photo you posted? Checking your
Facebook and realizing that a horribly
embarrassing photo of you that your mom
posted is getting over 50 "likes," along with
some pretty serious mockery in the
comments section.
5. Facebook is even keeping track of
what you don't say.
You may have been happy you didn't post
that one over-share about your extended
trip to the bathroom the other day, but
Facebook may have a record of exactly what
you typed and what time you were about to
publish it. This month, Facebook released a
study revealing that they were undergoing a
new type of data collection in which they
were tracking when people typed content out
and then removed it without publishing.
Their mission is to understand why users
"self-censor" themselves in updates.
According to Facebook data scientist Sauvik
Das, a "self-censored update" is "an entry
into either [a status update or comment
box] of more than five characters that was
typed out but not submitted for at least the
next 10 minutes."
6. Facebook makes you feel less positive
about your life.
Even though the purpose of Facebook is
effectively to reveal details about everything
and anything you do, access to this
knowledge could take a toll on your mental
well-being. A recent study done by the
Department of Behavioral Science at the
Utah Valley University discovered that heavy
Facebook users aren't the happiest people
out there. The researchers found that just
using Facebook makes you view your life
more negatively. Of 400 students
questioned, "those who have used Facebook
longer agreed more that others were
happier, and agreed less that life is fair,
and those spending more time on Facebook
each week agreed more that others were
happier and had better lives."
7. The "friend suggestions" tell you to
befriend people you don't even know.
Facebook's "friend suggestions" algorithm
needs some work, because these days we're
discovering that your potential "friends"
are people we only know through someone
else, or someone we haven't even met at all.
If you want people to stop using a platform
that is supposed to connect them and bring
them together with the people they care
about, you should definitely adopt
Facebook's strategy of trying to get you to
care about the lives of complete strangers.
8. You realize you only know and care
about only 20 people out of your 1,000
friends.
It starts to get kind of weird when you check
the birthdays for the day and don't
remember who any of the five people are.
How do you know them? Are they some
random person you met at a bar in college
one night, and in a drunken stupor decided
to "add on Facebook"? Probably. Do you
need to know that this person is moving to
California this week? More importantly, do
you care? Nope. It could be time to overhaul
your friends list. Or maybe it's time to
realize that your Facebook account is being
used pretty much entirely to keep tabs on
these kinds of strangers.
9. Your friends keep announcing their
engagements.
There's nothing more obnoxious than being a
busy twentysomething and starting to see all
of your friends post statuses about getting
engaged. While you are happy for them and
wish them the best in their prospects for a
lasting marriage, the bombardment of
status updates is starting to make you feel
like something is wrong with your love life.
Why aren't you getting married? What is
wrong with you? Why the hell do you need to
be thinking about marriage right now?! Once
that anxiety subsides, you realize you have
to endure continued updates on their
wedding preparation. You could unsubscribe
to this friend, but you know more are
coming.
10. The excessive ads are about to ruin
the whole experience.
--> If the regular sponsored ads hadn't
already destroyed Facebook for you --
seriously, why the hell do you think you're
obsessed with guitars and horses the
upcoming launch of video ads will definitely
do the trick. Facebook started testing these
annoying ads out in December. They'll soon
be coming to a newsfeed near you,
automatically playing a video as you scroll
through. However, the sound will only play if
you click or tap on it. The good news? There
is a way to block these ads from
automatically playing. You just have to use
a Flash blocker.
11. It makes getting over a breakup
really hard.
Back in the days before social media, people
broke up and never called the person again.
It was relatively simple to move on
(providing you weren't forced to physically
see the person on a day-to-day basis). But
today, being able to have constant access to
your ex's timeline can easily cause serious
obsessive tendencies and behavior. Samuel
Axon at Mashable accurately summed up
how Facebook makes breakups harder,
because the platform makes your change in
relationship status public and it allows you to
see all the action your ex is getting.
Source: http://
myoddnews.blogspot.com/2014/01/11-
reasons-you-should-quit-facebook-in.html
have you heard that sentiment this past
year? We bet a lot, because more and more
people seem to be getting tired of the social
media platform, especially young people.
We've noticed a nationwide annoyance with
Facebook over 2013. The company even
admitted in October that younger teens were
using the network less frequently on a daily
basis. Here are 11 reasons that might
convince you to let your Facebook account go
in 2014.
1. Nobody actually wants to just read
about what you're doing anymore.
Think about it: What sounds more appealing
(and believable)? Reading a status that
says, "I'm currently hanging out with Will
Smith!" or a picture of that person actually
posing with Smith? A photo is definitely
more engaging. Here's the most-liked
Instagram picture of 2013: Justin Bieber's
snap with Smith. When TIME interviewed
teenagers about their social media use in
March, 16-year-old Hamp Briley explained
that kids these days don't have time for
Facebook: "Twitter’s all statuses,
Instagram’s all pictures. People like to do
more specific things like that instead of
being on just Facebook.”
2. Facebook makes it impossible for you
to stay "private."
For many valid reasons (think stalker exes
or potential employers), some people don't
like having their name come up when it's
typed into the Facebook search bar.
However, most users this year found
problems with changes to privacy settings.
For one, Facebook removed the option to
keep your name hidden when people search
you. They also forced people to control their
privacy settings on a cumbersome item-by-
item basis. Today, the only way to make sure
certain people can't access your profile is to
block them. Or alter your name so it doesn't
appear when people search your real one.
Or, of course, quit Facebook entirely.
3. Your parents (and even
grandparents) are now watching your
every move.
This year seemed to be the year everyone's
mom, dad, grandmother and great aunt got
hooked on Facebook. And that meant every
time you posted a status about something
innocuous, these Facebook novices started
breathing down your neck the minute you hit
"post." We get enough scolding from our
parents "IRL"
onto a social media site where our friends
can laugh at our familial bickering.
4. Or they're posting photos of you that
you would never want anyone to see
What's worse than getting no "likes" on an
Instagram photo you posted? Checking your
Facebook and realizing that a horribly
embarrassing photo of you that your mom
posted is getting over 50 "likes," along with
some pretty serious mockery in the
comments section.
5. Facebook is even keeping track of
what you don't say.
You may have been happy you didn't post
that one over-share about your extended
trip to the bathroom the other day, but
Facebook may have a record of exactly what
you typed and what time you were about to
publish it. This month, Facebook released a
study revealing that they were undergoing a
new type of data collection in which they
were tracking when people typed content out
and then removed it without publishing.
Their mission is to understand why users
"self-censor" themselves in updates.
According to Facebook data scientist Sauvik
Das, a "self-censored update" is "an entry
into either [a status update or comment
box] of more than five characters that was
typed out but not submitted for at least the
next 10 minutes."
6. Facebook makes you feel less positive
about your life.
Even though the purpose of Facebook is
effectively to reveal details about everything
and anything you do, access to this
knowledge could take a toll on your mental
well-being. A recent study done by the
Department of Behavioral Science at the
Utah Valley University discovered that heavy
Facebook users aren't the happiest people
out there. The researchers found that just
using Facebook makes you view your life
more negatively. Of 400 students
questioned, "those who have used Facebook
longer agreed more that others were
happier, and agreed less that life is fair,
and those spending more time on Facebook
each week agreed more that others were
happier and had better lives."
7. The "friend suggestions" tell you to
befriend people you don't even know.
Facebook's "friend suggestions" algorithm
needs some work, because these days we're
discovering that your potential "friends"
are people we only know through someone
else, or someone we haven't even met at all.
If you want people to stop using a platform
that is supposed to connect them and bring
them together with the people they care
about, you should definitely adopt
Facebook's strategy of trying to get you to
care about the lives of complete strangers.
8. You realize you only know and care
about only 20 people out of your 1,000
friends.
It starts to get kind of weird when you check
the birthdays for the day and don't
remember who any of the five people are.
How do you know them? Are they some
random person you met at a bar in college
one night, and in a drunken stupor decided
to "add on Facebook"? Probably. Do you
need to know that this person is moving to
California this week? More importantly, do
you care? Nope. It could be time to overhaul
your friends list. Or maybe it's time to
realize that your Facebook account is being
used pretty much entirely to keep tabs on
these kinds of strangers.
9. Your friends keep announcing their
engagements.
There's nothing more obnoxious than being a
busy twentysomething and starting to see all
of your friends post statuses about getting
engaged. While you are happy for them and
wish them the best in their prospects for a
lasting marriage, the bombardment of
status updates is starting to make you feel
like something is wrong with your love life.
Why aren't you getting married? What is
wrong with you? Why the hell do you need to
be thinking about marriage right now?! Once
that anxiety subsides, you realize you have
to endure continued updates on their
wedding preparation. You could unsubscribe
to this friend, but you know more are
coming.
10. The excessive ads are about to ruin
the whole experience.
--> If the regular sponsored ads hadn't
already destroyed Facebook for you --
seriously, why the hell do you think you're
obsessed with guitars and horses
upcoming launch of video ads will definitely
do the trick. Facebook started testing these
annoying ads out in December. They'll soon
be coming to a newsfeed near you,
automatically playing a video as you scroll
through. However, the sound will only play if
you click or tap on it. The good news? There
is a way to block these ads from
automatically playing. You just have to use
a Flash blocker.
11. It makes getting over a breakup
really hard.
Back in the days before social media, people
broke up and never called the person again.
It was relatively simple to move on
(providing you weren't forced to physically
see the person on a day-to-day basis). But
today, being able to have constant access to
your ex's timeline can easily cause serious
obsessive tendencies and behavior. Samuel
Axon at Mashable accurately summed up
how Facebook makes breakups harder,
because the platform makes your change in
relationship status public and it allows you to
see all the action your ex is getting.
Source: http://
myoddnews.blogspot.com/2014/01/11-
reasons-you-should-quit-facebook-in.html
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