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Why I Quit Facebook (And You Should Too)
Facebook isn’t fun.
I don’t think it’s supposed to be, either. I think it’s supposed to create a feedback loop of tiny endorphin hits that never amount to enough. It’s an utterly pointless drug that’s all hangover, no plateau.
If you’ve spent enough time on Facebook, you already know it.
You’ve undoubtedly had a terrible experience. Maybe someone called you a racist or maybe someone just insisted on being incorrect, despite your many salient and eloquently written points. Maybe someone purposely misrepresented your post as something sinister.
Getting called names or engaging in a dead-end conversation with a fanatic who will never concede a single iota of truth is not fun. Seeing your thoughts or beliefs boiled down to a dysphemism of your actual intention sucks.
It doesn’t feel good. It doesn’t make you better at anything except for being a good Facebook pawn.
And that’s the point. Facebook’s Ivy League educated engineers and human behavior experts designed the network to pit people against each other. To fill your feed and your wall with viewpoints that will make you react.
Engagement is the point of Facebook, not good feelings or healthy human interaction. And people at peace don’t need to engage. People who are content…
