[Humour] Crushes on Facebook

[Thunder Bolt]

I'm giving up Facebook, for this reason:

[video]https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_r ole_in_brexit_and_the_threat_t o_democracy?language=en[/video]

I wish I could because I accept everything that Carole highlights, but in the Wrens group alone, there are over 4000 of us, so can you imagine organising something on Whatsapp with over 4K message flying around?

 

[LlcoolJ]

Surely WhatsApp is the only logical way people keep in touch these days.
Video messaging, photo sharing, and all completely free across the globe.
If you don’t have someone’s phone number there’s a very good chance they don’t actually like you.

Ha ha! Agreed.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Planted yourself squarely in the 'uncool' camp.
My daughter (21) uses Instagram and barely goes near FB now.
My son (15) uses Twitter and doesn't even have FB.
My partner(I won't say, but old enough to have a 21yo) uses it to 'see what her friends are doing', then moans constantly that they are boring and/or selling slimming sh*t.
I don't have it... TBH, nothing interesting has happened in my life that I felt I had to tell everyone about.

For people I know... WhatsApp... For people I don't know well, NSC... For strangers I want to argue with... Reddit. Not sure I want those 3 groups mixing.

Yeah pretty similar here.

My son is 12. He and all his friends use WhatsApp, Insta and Snapchat. None are even remotely interested in Facebook.

I used to use Twitter a lot but it bores me now so just use it to keep updated with cricket and football stuff and it's still very good for instant news. Mostly just use WhatsApp (and NSC). Never had a Facebook account as I saw how it consumed some of my friends lives and it just seemed a bit pointless.

Mrs has Facebook but only signed up to keep up with one of our son's cricket teams. She never posts on it but follows friends and family members and, similarly, complains about the bullshit they put on there compared to how their real lives are. She uses WhatsApp all the time though.

Facebook will survive because of older people and the fact that they buy up all the competition but the younger generations aren't interested in the original Facebook format. That's "dead" in teenager speak.

 

[Juan Albion]

Strange that so many people don't understand how to use Facebook in a way that works for them. And also strange that some people don't seem capable of using both Whatsapp and Facebook. They both can be really useful if you treat them right.

 

[father_and_son]

I couldn't really give one about what's cool or uncool. Facebook works for me (for all sorts of reasons), so I'm happy to stick with it. Fair play to those who don't like/use it – each to their own and all that.

I wasn't cool for all the years the kids were on FB... now they aren't, I'm cool. Go figure!?