Why I Don’t Use Facebook: Part 2

This is a follow up to my first post, which details why I think you can be an effective social media advisor, even if you are not personally on Facebook yourself. In this post, I’m going to briefly discuss some of the larger political and economic reasons why I do not engage on Facebook, and why I’m thinking about withdrawing my participation from social media completely, on a personal level that is.

A video camera pointed at a Facebook logo with barbed wire in the background
Facebook Video by Esther Vargas. Retrieved from Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/dC3AV4

Ahhhhh Facebook! The ubiquitous social network that allows us to freely cyber stalk each other, and live our FOMO best lives in the public eye! A platform that allows us to specify our likes and dislikes, to be collected for all to see! An online bazaar where marketers take all the information we have freely given and use it to sell us more stuff! Facebook how did we ever live without you?

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Why I Don’t Use Facebook: Part 2