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Re:Facebook's own data is not as conclusive about teens and ... by zenmaster10665 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:05PM (#28813733)
Is it social media as a technology that you feel is sad/negative? What is the negative or damage that you feel is caused to people who participate?
Re:Facebook's own data is not as conclusive about teens and ... by pelagicAustral on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:15PM (#28813799)
Not social media, I've been around for the last 20 years on all kinds of scenes. I created my Facebook account on 2006 and closed it in 2014.

I used to enjoy web forums a lot, back in the PHP dominated era (MyBB, PHPBB, SMF, vBulletin, Invision, etc). I was an active part of that culture... Had Fotolog, MySpace, DeviantArt, and the like for ages... Grew up as social media evolved and enjoyed Facebook as much as the next guy at a time... I even evangelized for it when other social networks were leading... matter of fact, I reported a XSS vulnerability to them back in 2006, never got thanked for it...

But it changed... It became dark, negative... I felt worse after logging in, and became antagonized by it... So I figured it was me, and maybe I was just too old for it, just like that old pub I used to go, 'its all kids these days'... So I quit... And now more people are realizing the same... Maybe its an age thing... A lot of people go with 'but that's the way I reach my loved ones', bullshit... I live half way across the world and got no problem reaching my fam through Telegram or whatever...

I grew out of Facebook, I guess...

Re:Facebook's own data is not as conclusive about teens and ... by 0des on Saturday October 09, 2021 @06:17PM (#28813809)
You are not alone, I followed almost this same path to leaving around the same time. Have a good weekend!