Some time ago I came across a radio discussion about Facebook. "Facebook is the new religion. -Social obligation, social pressure similar to Sunday church attendance, which is still practiced in some areas. Facebook is where millions of people spend or rather spend their time on everyday, very ordinary details, presented as something unusual, to "friends" with whom they have little or no connection. A place where a simple photo is exalted to infinity by likes until it becomes unusual in order to elevate and validate the ego - mainly by middle-aged people. If you validate mine, I will validate yours. A place where people brag about their achievements such as a new house, car, children, loved one, vacation, beach, as if there were no children, cars, houses and beaches before. Before Facebook, people went on excursions and experienced "on the spot", "in the moment". Isn't the vacation aimed at getting out of everyday reality and the environment? Nowadays, people's happiness and goals are to publish a photo, sometimes even in real time, instead of indulging in the beauty of detachment, moving away from everything and enjoying the moment. Some even feel obligated to publish for fear of social isolation, fear of losing a "connection" as if others are responsible for us. Others have such a fragile ego that they have to constantly publish in order to feel good in their skin. Currently, with each new photo, we are forced to go on "friends'" vacation several times - once through "Like", the second time through "Love" and the third time through "Wow" ,, while at the same time we are not able to give an example to our children how a real communication and a heartfelt conversation takes place. Notice, if you don't like it, there can be a misunderstanding or even a conflict. Isn't the connection with others precisely based on real contact? People, have we forgotten how to make ...? “What do you think about Facebook, social networks and what was written above? Did things really get stuck with this Facebook?
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I don't have an account there and it's soooooooooo good to me! J. 26
Facebook is what you do. If you accept 4989 "friends" that you have never met and every thought while you are on a trip and vacation is how to see others where you are, you are obviously a sick brain. I have 250 friends in my profile. All but one I know personally - relatives, school, workplace, neighbors, etc. I liked and received notifications from pages about travel, cooking, funny pets, books, literature, geography, science So when I log in to Facebook I learn new things and I read interesting articles or laugh at a video with a dog. I don't have pages with negative news or gossip So don't look for someone else's fault, but work on yourself
I don't have an account either. Complete simplicity.
Nowadays, everything is Facebook
Разбира се, че статията е вярна. Тънкият момент, е че тя е написана през погледна на обикновения потребител. Изброените негативи, макар и верни, далеч не са единствените и най важните. ФБ е изключително добре дирижирано и надеждено средство за контрол. И понеже минава по лайстната на наркотичните вещества(защото ФБ си е наркотик, който обаче не работи въху тялото ви, като тревата и коката, да речем, а със психологията ви експлоатирайки най първичните инстикти като егоизъм, егоцентризъм, завист и страх от отчуждаване, от самотата), хората изобщо не се усещат, че докато си губят времето опиянени от поредната "тръпка", стават като пластелин в ръцете на други хора които в крайна сметка се оказва, че дирижират настроенията, желанията, страховете на толкова много хора. И все пак да ти отговоря на последния въпрос -не, не са се "закучили" нещата все още :) тепърва ще гледаш какво значи "закучване" :)
I use Facebook as a notebook. I don't have any strangers on my friends list. We usually hear each other on the phone or see each other, but if we organize something together, we use the social network as a faster way to coordinate for a day and an hour. It is also convenient for contacting someone who has changed his phone number. I publish photos only from my garden, because many people want to see it, but they do not have the opportunity to come in person, and the flowers bloom one after the other and the picture is constantly changing. I never reply to pointless messages like "Hi," "How are you?" And so on, and I don't accept invitations from people I don't know personally.
Facebook is a hobby for oligophrenics. Point. Apart from communicating and exchanging photos with relatives abroad, or for some enterprising types to advertise the pants and socks they produce, there is nothing else.
Facebook feed is a pure dopamine activator, like cocaine, but with less effect. There is a lot of research on the subject: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/12161461/Facebook-addiction-activates-same-part-of-the-brain-as-cocaine.html Other sites from type of instagram, 9g, porn sites, etc. The idea is that whenever there is a seemingly large variety of seemingly interesting information, the brain releases dopamine because it thinks it will produce something (for many structures in the brain there is no difference between real and unreal, so we can get aroused and experience a real orgasm. from porn, which is actually moving pictures on an electronic screen). The situation is similar with shopping in malls, especially for women, but at least there is some benefit there, because you can actually buy something that you like and / or work for you. I use Facebook, unfortunately I can't keep in touch with many acquaintances if I don't use it. But I try to avoid brainless scrolling in the feed, because sometimes I lose hours ... Otherwise, I definitely liked the comparison with religion.
I agree with number 2. I also use Facebook mainly to contact people who are not close to me. I do not write where I have been and with whom I have gone. I upload photos sometimes, just to have them. I go in once a week for 2-3 minutes and that's it. For me, live communication has always come first and could not be replaced by conversations, chats, etc.
One of the arguments put forward in favor of Facebook is the opportunity to communicate with relatives who do not live in Bulgaria. Sorry, but I don't understand, provided that if you really want to keep in touch with someone who is far away from you, you also have a viber, a messenger (he doesn't need a Facebook profile), as well as video calls in the good old forgotten skype, etc. These are all applications that allow you to send photos, videos, live chats, chat and more. How does Facebook surpass them? The answer is simple. We humans want to be noticed and feel significant. We want others to see us as we want to be, not as we are. We also want to be heard, to be liked, to be right. We want our personality, or what we identify with, to be on a pedestal. Facebook gives a deceptive feeling about these things, which is why it is used by so many people. It is based on the human ego, the social network is just the tool. It is much easier to stand behind the monitor, upload a few family photos, write a comment below how happy we are when we know that positive and praiseworthy comments and likes will fall under them, than to see each other or if the distance prevents you from taking place. meeting, talking to your loved ones and sharing that in addition to the abundance of happiness, you also have worries and failures and sorrows. This will not bring you approval, but it will at least give you reassurance. Well, do we realize that the happiness with which we parade on the net can bring pain to someone, and this is not about envy, but about the drama of some people. I give an example: A young family living abroad learns the wonderful news, that they are expecting a child, they are naturally in euphoria, and what else can they do but brag about it on Facebook, and to make it even more impressive, they upload a photo from a video. Likes and congratulations begin. So far so good, but imagine that somewhere among the friends of these people there is a couple who are sterile, or a couple who have recently lost a child? This will reach into their wound. Whether someone who wants to "shout" something in public is aware of these things - I do not think. True, pregnant women are not to blame for the situation of others, and they have the right to enjoy the moment, as well as to share, but why should it be with 200, 300, 500 or more people, as it can be with closest friends and relatives, somehow it would be more beautiful, more casual, more real, not proud, obliging and publicizing. We confuse happiness with the ego, and everything shared, as information about someone's personality in virtual social networks stems from the ego. That's what I think about it.
Otherwise number 10 has made a good analysis. In this regard, remember that Mark Zuckerberg's mother is a psychiatrist.
I personally was a Facebook maniac, but now I'm pretty uninterested there. Sometimes I use it to make appointments with friends (say, to go to the movies). After a while he gets tired, and no religion is eternal. Now most people do not respect the values of their religion at all, and what is left for a social network.
For me, Facebook is the place where I need to have an account to use Messanger. It's good that you can make photo albums and share them with family and friends. It is also suitable for organizing events. "Did things really get stuck with this Facebook?" Maybe for various teenagers who are always confused by something in their head ... For normal people, it's just a modern extra that makes communication a little easier and more fun.
Facebook is a stupid waste of time and has become a matter of ridicule. None of my friends have been in it for a long time. There you will find only the mentally handicapped.
In the West, people use Twitter en masse. Facebook is still fashionable / is widely used mainly in countries with a lower standard of living, as well as here in UK.