Go read this long article about Facebook's early days, Sex, Beer, and Coding.
Facebook was meant to be huge, these folks had big ideas and made it happen and look at them now. I mean, it's Facebook.
The same kind of thing used to be said about MySpace, and now, does anyone even go on MySpace anymore? In people years, it wasn't that long ago that MySpace was the place, in fact I even have blogs posted on here from back in the day about how they were censoring musicians, but in internet years, they might have well have existed in the stone age for most of us.
Were people hooked on MySpace the same way that many of us are hooked on Facebook? I think the simple answer is no, the complicated answer is still no because the internet was so different then, with the biggest difference being we didn't have smartphones back then.
So, let's go back to the article, did Mark Zuckerberg and company mean to create a site that people couldn't put down? Absolutely. They took a hard look at what other sites were doing at the time and wanted to create something that did the things they did, but better, much better.
Look at how they did it, the early days of Facebook were insane, it's not so amazing that it worked, but that it didn't crash and burn.
Did they mean to create a site that people literally couldn't live without. I think so, while "Facebook addiction" isn't a term that might have crossed any of their minds back then.
I'm assuming that you've read the article, honestly that's enough reading for one day.
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Next Blog Post; How am I keeping up with people that I only know on Facebook? (this will be a short one)
Friday, February 28, 2020
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Giving Up Facebook? Yep, Here is the beginning of the story.....
Well, here I am again. Before we get any further this blog post isn't really Indie Spotlight related, in the distant past I used this page as both for the show, as well as a place where I could put my thoughts of the day and kinda ramble a bit.
This post is definitely more of a personal nature, and there will be more to come.
If you've ever come by here looking for me, and didn't find me, well, there isn't much that I can say other than I'm sorry that I missed you. It would seem that this has happened more than a few times over the years here on the blog page.
As we all know, social media has pretty much replaced blogging, it certainly did with me, after I became more active on Facebook I haven't spent as much time on the blog page as I did in times past, as I said, the internet changed, and evolved.
Or did it?
Times have certainly changed, but can you call it an evolution?
To me to evolve means that things have changed, and for the better, or at least should have. While social media in general, and to me Facebook in particular, are extremely useful tools to keep in touch with people, is there a line where it becomes almost an obsession? Why do we need to log into Facebook everyday, most of us several times a day? Is this social media addiction?
What is going on?
Why do we do this?
Why?
So, I've been one of those who find themselves almost mindlessly scrolling Facebook every day, just because, and oh, this person just updated their profile pic, they've posted in the past that they didn't get many likes on their pictures so I'll give them a like, and oooh, that's a good article I'll share it now, and read it later, I can delete it off of my timeline if, oops, yeah, it's been debunked, crap I just shared it, now I gotta delete it, oh wait, someone liked it now I have to respond.
Shit, my page just reloaded, where was that article that I.......
Aww, the cat rescue that I really like and support just posted a picture of a kitten that just found their forever home, man I gotta click "love" on that post, crap, dammit, where is that article that I just found out was, oh wait, a notification, yep, a response on the article that I meant to delete, and click, there it is, a counterpoint to something that you've already found out isn't entirely accurate, and with a political slant to boot. Ah, you are either a "snowflake" or a "Trumper" and everything is politicized, or at least seems to be.
Or you get "that's fake" or "debunked" and a seven paragraph comment as to why, and God forbid you misspell something, or forget a comma and the grammar police shows up.
There is a reason that at least some of us have started to share only funny videos or cat pictures on Facebook, while I understand that this divisiveness is a mirror of our society today, still, to go to a website and wallow in it seems to me at the very least counterproductive.
I've come to almost hate this existence. I share, what I think is an interesting article, with my honest thoughts on it, and have at times feel like I'm watching World War 3, depending of course on those who comment on it.
And, God forbid that I post something that promotes Vaping! Since I haven't shared this on this page, I'll do it now, I was finally able to quit smoking! Yep, you've already seen how, I switched to vaping. Please don't tell me how "bad" it is I've already had these arguments on Facebook, and I've been mostly winning them, mostly because of the misinformation that is spread in the lamestream media about it.
I'll make this one as simple as I can, as long as you buy your mods and juice from a reputable vape shop, you are good, if you go black market, good luck because you are gonna need it.
If anyone reading this is interested, I'll be more than happy to talk about how I was able to use vaping to finally quit smoking on October 18, 2018. Comment below, I'll actually see it this time.
Man, I've been all over the place with this blog, but to be honest about it, Facebook can be as well.
So, here I am, Day 1 of my get the hell off of Facebook challenge.....
(edit, yes it took me two days to type this)
Here is how it happened, let me give you a little "Jack" history, especially since 2011 when my mom passed away I've tried to give something up for Lent. To be more that just a little honest about it, losing her hit me really hard, and I found myself in line at McDonalds on a Friday afternoon shortly thereafter and realized it was Lent.
When my turn came I ordered a fish sandwich combo. I was gonna go Big Mac but, yeah, I actually decided in that moment to honor Lent that year.
I ordered something better, at least for me at that time.
Since then, I've chosen something better for me for Lent, keep in mind this is honestly the only thing that I do that can even remotely called "religious". I'll save a better explanation of that in a future blog.
If you might be wondering about other things that I've given up for Lent that I've never talked about, well, let me tell you about the time that I decided to give up energy drinks, this is a good one. I used to chug Red Bull's like they were water, without realizing that yes, you get a nice burst of energy, and I guess you get a release of endorphins, because you don't realize that you kinda feel like crap. The year I gave up energy drinks and stuck with plain 'ole coffee I began to realize that I actually had more energy overall and felt much better.
Just like I did when I gave up smoking.
Maybe my abstinence from Facebook will do the same.
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This is the place where I used to put "show notes" and I'll do that one last time, but going forward this will generally be the place where I mention what the next blog will be about.
The next blog will be about what I think social media "addiction" could be, and why I think we get hooked onto social media sites.
Ok, so *ahem* show notes, one final time;
Because my external hard drive that housed the music, videos, and slideshows crashed last summer, I had to end the "reboot" of Indie Spotlight prematurely. While I had a backup of the music, I lost everything else. Because I was in the process of winding down the live broadcast I didn't see a point in rebuilding the slideshows and ended the broadcast. Also, before I logged out of Facebook the other night, I unpublished the Indie Spotlight page since I wasn't going to be around to answer messages, and monitor the page. I may republish it when I return to Facebook. I had restarted the "daily videos" where a video featuring an independent musician was featured on the page but there didn't seem to be any interest.
Alright, I think that's all for now, see you all on the next blog post.
This post is definitely more of a personal nature, and there will be more to come.
If you've ever come by here looking for me, and didn't find me, well, there isn't much that I can say other than I'm sorry that I missed you. It would seem that this has happened more than a few times over the years here on the blog page.
As we all know, social media has pretty much replaced blogging, it certainly did with me, after I became more active on Facebook I haven't spent as much time on the blog page as I did in times past, as I said, the internet changed, and evolved.
Or did it?
Times have certainly changed, but can you call it an evolution?
To me to evolve means that things have changed, and for the better, or at least should have. While social media in general, and to me Facebook in particular, are extremely useful tools to keep in touch with people, is there a line where it becomes almost an obsession? Why do we need to log into Facebook everyday, most of us several times a day? Is this social media addiction?
What is going on?
Why do we do this?
Why?
So, I've been one of those who find themselves almost mindlessly scrolling Facebook every day, just because, and oh, this person just updated their profile pic, they've posted in the past that they didn't get many likes on their pictures so I'll give them a like, and oooh, that's a good article I'll share it now, and read it later, I can delete it off of my timeline if, oops, yeah, it's been debunked, crap I just shared it, now I gotta delete it, oh wait, someone liked it now I have to respond.
Shit, my page just reloaded, where was that article that I.......
Aww, the cat rescue that I really like and support just posted a picture of a kitten that just found their forever home, man I gotta click "love" on that post, crap, dammit, where is that article that I just found out was, oh wait, a notification, yep, a response on the article that I meant to delete, and click, there it is, a counterpoint to something that you've already found out isn't entirely accurate, and with a political slant to boot. Ah, you are either a "snowflake" or a "Trumper" and everything is politicized, or at least seems to be.
Or you get "that's fake" or "debunked" and a seven paragraph comment as to why, and God forbid you misspell something, or forget a comma and the grammar police shows up.
There is a reason that at least some of us have started to share only funny videos or cat pictures on Facebook, while I understand that this divisiveness is a mirror of our society today, still, to go to a website and wallow in it seems to me at the very least counterproductive.
I've come to almost hate this existence. I share, what I think is an interesting article, with my honest thoughts on it, and have at times feel like I'm watching World War 3, depending of course on those who comment on it.
And, God forbid that I post something that promotes Vaping! Since I haven't shared this on this page, I'll do it now, I was finally able to quit smoking! Yep, you've already seen how, I switched to vaping. Please don't tell me how "bad" it is I've already had these arguments on Facebook, and I've been mostly winning them, mostly because of the misinformation that is spread in the lamestream media about it.
I'll make this one as simple as I can, as long as you buy your mods and juice from a reputable vape shop, you are good, if you go black market, good luck because you are gonna need it.
If anyone reading this is interested, I'll be more than happy to talk about how I was able to use vaping to finally quit smoking on October 18, 2018. Comment below, I'll actually see it this time.
Man, I've been all over the place with this blog, but to be honest about it, Facebook can be as well.
So, here I am, Day 1 of my get the hell off of Facebook challenge.....
(edit, yes it took me two days to type this)
Here is how it happened, let me give you a little "Jack" history, especially since 2011 when my mom passed away I've tried to give something up for Lent. To be more that just a little honest about it, losing her hit me really hard, and I found myself in line at McDonalds on a Friday afternoon shortly thereafter and realized it was Lent.
When my turn came I ordered a fish sandwich combo. I was gonna go Big Mac but, yeah, I actually decided in that moment to honor Lent that year.
I ordered something better, at least for me at that time.
Since then, I've chosen something better for me for Lent, keep in mind this is honestly the only thing that I do that can even remotely called "religious". I'll save a better explanation of that in a future blog.
If you might be wondering about other things that I've given up for Lent that I've never talked about, well, let me tell you about the time that I decided to give up energy drinks, this is a good one. I used to chug Red Bull's like they were water, without realizing that yes, you get a nice burst of energy, and I guess you get a release of endorphins, because you don't realize that you kinda feel like crap. The year I gave up energy drinks and stuck with plain 'ole coffee I began to realize that I actually had more energy overall and felt much better.
Just like I did when I gave up smoking.
Maybe my abstinence from Facebook will do the same.
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This is the place where I used to put "show notes" and I'll do that one last time, but going forward this will generally be the place where I mention what the next blog will be about.
The next blog will be about what I think social media "addiction" could be, and why I think we get hooked onto social media sites.
Ok, so *ahem* show notes, one final time;
Because my external hard drive that housed the music, videos, and slideshows crashed last summer, I had to end the "reboot" of Indie Spotlight prematurely. While I had a backup of the music, I lost everything else. Because I was in the process of winding down the live broadcast I didn't see a point in rebuilding the slideshows and ended the broadcast. Also, before I logged out of Facebook the other night, I unpublished the Indie Spotlight page since I wasn't going to be around to answer messages, and monitor the page. I may republish it when I return to Facebook. I had restarted the "daily videos" where a video featuring an independent musician was featured on the page but there didn't seem to be any interest.
Alright, I think that's all for now, see you all on the next blog post.
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