I am pretty ignorant when it comes to social media sites, and up to now, proud of this ignorance.
When it first came out it seemed to me to be a medium where self obsessed people could let other such minded people battle over who is the most self obsessed.
So I passed.
Then I heard how it was great at letting old friends find you and catch up. I figured if I still wanted old friends in my life they would not be old friends, but current friends.
So I passed.
Then I heard how a few of my current friend's wives were destroying lifelong friendships through such sites. I saw it as a medium for manipulative and evil gossip. I despise gossip.
So I passed.
All during these years of 'passing', my contact with my friends spread about the country diminished. Phone calls, texts, e mails all became fewer and further between. I knew they were communicating through social media, and I was out of the loop...
But still, I passed.
When Superstorm Sandy submerged my childhood stomping grounds, and I could not find enough information about damage, I was getting the occasional e mail from friends who knew I was social media free, with photos attached, taken from social media, info not available through extensive internet searching.
Hmmmmm. Maybe I should just sign up I thought. Baaaaah. I looked at Facebook's sign up page, saw it as an evil precipice from which there is no return.
And I passed. Again.
My Sister and my friends are telling me to join, have been riding me for years now to do so. I'm stubborn. I have no wish to advertise myself. I am low key as low key gets. I find it annoying that anything pops up at all when my name is plugged into Google. I'd erase it if I could.
One thread on this site a while back posted a link to 10 top regrets of the dying. Near the top of the list was the wish that friendships were maintained better. I guess with social media this has never been easier, and avoiding social media in this day and age makes this task magnitudes of difficulty harder.
How low of a profile can one maintain? Obviously I do not understand how it works, and reading how the security settings are deliberately obtuse, I want all my ducks aligned before I submit to it all.
Any recommendations on how I can figure it out before I sign up. I'm treating this like I do any large purchase. I'm not just buying it then figuring it out once it arrives. I want all the info I can get about how it works before I click Submit. Acquiring this specific information has just made me pass on the whole idea, again.
So those of you who have been doing it for a while:
How would approach this if you were a low key person, who hates gossip, who knows who his true friends are, and just wants to stay in touch with them?
I am Not looking to meet new people, advertise myself, be advertised to, nor broadcast my life. I just want to better maintain my friendships, and have a possible access to important events as they happen, rather than waiting via the regular methods or subjecting myself to main stream media and the advertisements, propaganda and disinformation embedded within.
Are Ad blocking programs effective on social media, or does it get all funky and work improperly?
Enlighten me.
Thanks.
When it first came out it seemed to me to be a medium where self obsessed people could let other such minded people battle over who is the most self obsessed.
So I passed.
Then I heard how it was great at letting old friends find you and catch up. I figured if I still wanted old friends in my life they would not be old friends, but current friends.
So I passed.
Then I heard how a few of my current friend's wives were destroying lifelong friendships through such sites. I saw it as a medium for manipulative and evil gossip. I despise gossip.
So I passed.
All during these years of 'passing', my contact with my friends spread about the country diminished. Phone calls, texts, e mails all became fewer and further between. I knew they were communicating through social media, and I was out of the loop...
But still, I passed.
When Superstorm Sandy submerged my childhood stomping grounds, and I could not find enough information about damage, I was getting the occasional e mail from friends who knew I was social media free, with photos attached, taken from social media, info not available through extensive internet searching.
Hmmmmm. Maybe I should just sign up I thought. Baaaaah. I looked at Facebook's sign up page, saw it as an evil precipice from which there is no return.
And I passed. Again.
My Sister and my friends are telling me to join, have been riding me for years now to do so. I'm stubborn. I have no wish to advertise myself. I am low key as low key gets. I find it annoying that anything pops up at all when my name is plugged into Google. I'd erase it if I could.
One thread on this site a while back posted a link to 10 top regrets of the dying. Near the top of the list was the wish that friendships were maintained better. I guess with social media this has never been easier, and avoiding social media in this day and age makes this task magnitudes of difficulty harder.
How low of a profile can one maintain? Obviously I do not understand how it works, and reading how the security settings are deliberately obtuse, I want all my ducks aligned before I submit to it all.
Any recommendations on how I can figure it out before I sign up. I'm treating this like I do any large purchase. I'm not just buying it then figuring it out once it arrives. I want all the info I can get about how it works before I click Submit. Acquiring this specific information has just made me pass on the whole idea, again.
So those of you who have been doing it for a while:
How would approach this if you were a low key person, who hates gossip, who knows who his true friends are, and just wants to stay in touch with them?
I am Not looking to meet new people, advertise myself, be advertised to, nor broadcast my life. I just want to better maintain my friendships, and have a possible access to important events as they happen, rather than waiting via the regular methods or subjecting myself to main stream media and the advertisements, propaganda and disinformation embedded within.
Are Ad blocking programs effective on social media, or does it get all funky and work improperly?
Enlighten me.
Thanks.
