In 2014, after being active on Facebook for eight years–the majority of my young adult life–I bit the bullet and deleted my account. I did it over the original Edward Snowden revelations, because I was genuinely disturbed with the connections between Facebook and the US intelligence community, and did not want to trust Zuckerberg or… Continue reading Lessons from living without social media
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This is why Meta is going to fail
So while Mrs. Vasicek and I were in the theater for the first time since the pandemic, watching the trailers before Dune, we saw this commercial for Facebook’s new Meta rebrand: Since the theater was almost completely empty, we were already having fun by making snarky commentary. And when this commercial came on, it was… Continue reading This is why Meta is going to fail
Why I deleted my Facebook account (again)
Please watch this video in its entirety (before YouTube takes it down). Whatever you think of James O’Keefe, this is serious stuff that he’s exposing, and it affects all of us. The first time I deleted my Facebook, it was out of privacy concerns. I came back because there were social groups, such as my… Continue reading Why I deleted my Facebook account (again)
Experimenting with social media again
So, it’s come to my attention that I’m something of an “internet hermit.” (thanks J.R.) Which is actually unintentional. I quit Facebook in 2014 and Twitter back in 2016, and while I’m still active on Goodreads, I mostly just use it to post book reviews and keep track of my TBR pile. After I moved… Continue reading Experimenting with social media again
Why I quit Facebook (Blast from the Past: July 2014)
This post is an excerpt from the original, but I think it gets to the point much better. Three years on and I don’t regret the decision at all. I joined Facebook in 2006 when I was 21. I was just getting ready to head out to college, and at that point only college kids… Continue reading Why I quit Facebook (Blast from the Past: July 2014)
What has Facebook turned into?
A few years ago, I deleted my Facebook account. There were many reasons for this, which I detailed at the time. Basically, I had major issues with their privacy policy and completely lost trust with the company. I got out because I no longer wanted to be their product. Unfortunately, the network effect that makes… Continue reading What has Facebook turned into?
Why I quit Facebook
Last month, I made the decision to quit Facebook. Permanently. As in, the Facebook account that I created eight years ago as a college freshman no longer exists, unless Facebook continues to store and monetize data from its ex-users long after they’ve quit the service. Which wouldn’t surprise me at all, since Facebook is in… Continue reading Why I quit Facebook
Thoughts on Twitter
Oh man, I used to hate Twitter so much. It’s amusing (and a little bit embarrassing) to look back on some old threads on the Kindle Boards and see how snippy I would get with everyone who raved about it. I guess it’s just my contrarian nature. Well, in the last month or so, my… Continue reading Thoughts on Twitter