Facebook is
like a jail. You sit around, waste time, have a profile picture, write on walls
and get poked by guys you don’t really know.
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I’ve
never had a Facebook account - never understood the appeal and always thought
it was a colossal time-suck. Believe it or not there are other ways to contact
your friends. Phone, text and email work just fine for me. If I want to share
photos I send a Dropbox link. Facebook is something I could never buy into.
Clearly
most of the world doesn’t agree with me. It’s estimated that over 2
billion people use Facebook on a monthly basis. But, how do you feel now
that 50 million Facebook users had their
data harvested and passed on to a UK political consultancy, Cambridge Analytica,
accused of using that data to target US voters during the 2016 US
election campaign?
This may come as a shock to
you but it shouldn’t come as a surprise to Facebook; it was warned about app
permissions back in 2011 and guess what they did about it? NOTHING! And why is that? MONEY!
You are a valuable commodity to Facebook. Have you downloaded a copy
of your Facebook data yet? You may be shocked and appalled to know that
Facebook probably has your entire address book in addition to metadata about
your SMS messages and phone calls. While
Google and Twitter profile you based on the sites that you visit, Facebook knows
your name, where you live, your birthday and so much more – a virtual goldmine
in data. In fact researchers estimate that Facebook will
generate $21 billion in ad revenue this year, up almost 17% from 2017.
How many people will actually delete Facebook as a
result of this breach of trust? In reality, probably not many; people are
too insecure to leave Facebook. They’re afraid they’ll be left behind by their
so-called “friends”. If that’s the case I would strongly encourage you to make
and cultivate your friends in the real world. Talk on the phone, meet for
coffee/lunch/dinner/drinks, go shopping together, take in a show… There’s a
wonderful world out there to share with real friends. You don’t need Facebook;
Facebook needs you.
So thankful
for Facebook! I would have to call 563 people every morning to let them know
that I just ate breakfast.
Dumpaday
Make
someone smile today.
Geri
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