Ramin Honary on Nostr: > disabled my Facebook account about 15 years ago on an attempt to *preserve* ...
> disabled my Facebook account about 15 years ago on an attempt to *preserve* relationships with people that were posting hateful and wrong content. It wasn't enough. But I also lost other relationships entirely, good friends that built every social event on Facebook and didn't bother reaching out separately.
Perrin42 (npub1rez…7cw0) What is nice about social media is that it gives you more opportunities for interaction with people who you might otherwise not think to contact more regularly via other channels. But it isn't absolutely necessary, really. If you have good relationships with people, you will probably naturally want to continue those relationships even without social media.
When "Google Plus" went down 12 years ago, I just told everyone that I was in contact with there regularly that I would be in touch with them over e-mail only from then on. I lost no personal connections that I really cared about, although contact with them was much less frequent than before. I got to be pretty good friends with one guy I met on Google Plus, we stay in touch by email and occasionally video chat nowadays. I tried to get him on Mastodon but he didn't really take to it.
So I really don't buy the whole "I'll lose contact with friends and family" claim.
Ms. Que Banh (npub1zvl…qckq)
Perrin42 (npub1rez…7cw0) What is nice about social media is that it gives you more opportunities for interaction with people who you might otherwise not think to contact more regularly via other channels. But it isn't absolutely necessary, really. If you have good relationships with people, you will probably naturally want to continue those relationships even without social media.
When "Google Plus" went down 12 years ago, I just told everyone that I was in contact with there regularly that I would be in touch with them over e-mail only from then on. I lost no personal connections that I really cared about, although contact with them was much less frequent than before. I got to be pretty good friends with one guy I met on Google Plus, we stay in touch by email and occasionally video chat nowadays. I tried to get him on Mastodon but he didn't really take to it.
So I really don't buy the whole "I'll lose contact with friends and family" claim.
Ms. Que Banh (npub1zvl…qckq)