| As with a lot of other issues these days, it feels like that people forget there is usually a middle ground between the extremes. FB like any other tool can be a good or bad thing. I spent a bit of time thinking about what I want to get out of Facebook. - Social pulse - What are people talking about these days? - Interesting/new content/new perspective/taking advantage of the echo chamber etc - Keeping track of the very few physically-distant people that I care about - Share some content that I think people would benefit from and wouldn't come across otherwise - Buying/selling rarely in the marketplace - Quick diary where I can store stuff that I found interesting I took a few steps to get what I wanted out of the platform. - Follow only the people that post content I might be interested in. It includes people that somewhat think like me and some that have very different opinions. - Follow some of the content aggregation sites - I only post content that is fit for public consumption except when I rarely share a photo of my kids/family - Moved the FB app from the first screen to the last How it has helped me. - Cut down my usage by about 90% - I am less concerned about privacy issues when it comes to FB as there isn't much on there that I wouldn't say out loud in public - I kinda get a broad spectrum of how people are feeling about an issue - More quality content than I used to get before. One of my favourite features on FB is "Save post". When I have a few minutes, I find stuff from my saved list or Pocket to read/watch. - I see more photos of the people that I actually like rather than memes and quotes I am pretty okay with how social media is involved in my life now. |