| > There are a multitude options for chat that provide a better experience "Better", huh? One of those opinion words. They like it, you don't. Some people like IRC. It's a funny old world. "keeping in contact was not a problem in the first place" A bit simplistic, this. You could have said the same about email when it replaced snail-mail for most people, most of the time. But now email has been largely abandoned, thanks to spam and "better" alternatives which let you know when someone has received, then read, your message. Facebook messenger is amongst the most popular of these because they've listened to what people want, and responded. > and all that's left are games or wanting to show off/snoop on lives. I don't spend more than a few minutes a week on facebook itself (i only really got an account for messenger, because just about everyone is on facebook so it was easier than convincing them to get a google+ account, or installing 4 or 5 other apps) but I understand that the gaming thing is waning. Showing off - well, if you're talking about people talking about what they do, sharing holiday photos etc then I guess you could use that description, I suppose. Is there a way of sharing holiday photos in a way which you personally would not describe as showing off? "I would argue it provides a largely negative value if you consider filter bubbles and their impact on society." I think very carefully before installing apps or using web services so as to avoid anything that makes me part of the problem. Nah, just kidding. I've heard this sort of thing before. You're one of these people who believe that people all used to read the same newspapers and watch the same tv and got exposed to differing opinions, and now people can choose their sources they'll just choose stuff they already agree with, and facebook is part of that? I think you'd have to go back a long, long way for that to have ever been true, and even when it was there are endless studies to show that people reject/ignore stuff they don't agree with, and give sources they do agree with the benefit of the doubt. And in any event, it's not like many people are using facebook as their main news source. And even if they did, it sounds like you're above all that, so your use of facebook would have a positive impact on some of the sheeple on there, and can help to make the world a better place. Or you could just use it, like I do, to keep in touch with your mates. |