A few months ago, I realized a few things that led me to unfollow everyone on Facebook. Now, everything's alright I guess. If I ever get a new friend request or when I add somebody up, I unfollow that person right away. Here’s why:
1. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but not everyone has the right facts.
2. People would most likely remember the bad things said about you than rather than your deeds or accomplishments.
3. People naturally hate different types of people no matter who they are. There are various reasons. People are made, born and raised differently. That’s how the world works.
4. I'd rather converse with people face to face over a cup of coffee about anything under the sun. At least we can all stay civil that way.
5. There's a natural order which Facebook defies, in which people come and go to your life for a reason. It's not healthy to keep tabs on them or by just being simply being "connected" to them. I’d rather keep the good physical memories I’ve had with people rather than seeing how people have changed.
6. Facebook is a marketing tool now. It’s like a subliminal messaging tool that keeps track of your behavior and draw out the consumer in you. I work in a digital advertising agency so I pretty much know how it works.
7. Long lost friends are called that for a reason. Most humans live for more than five decades. You get to meet different people. They change over time. One day you know ‘em, one day you don’t. Sometimes there’s a reason why we don’t need to meet our old friends again.
8. What people post doesn’t necessarily reflect their personalities in real life and yet they are judged for it.
9. When you’ve got something to say to a person, say it directly to their face.
10. Human interaction is still important.
11. Unfriending hurts people’s feelings. The person being unfriended must obviously know the reason why he or she is being unfriended unless you just hate the person for who he or she is.
12. Unlike Friendster or MySpace, Facebook doesn’t give you a chance to set up your own personal cyberspace or AKA your own profile page. If there ever was one, your friends won’t even look at it. They’d go for your posts instead.
13. Every post somehow affects your mood, like it or not.
14. People depend on Facebook for news now. There are also fake news there. Also, there’s a new influx of users that are new to the internet that are introduced to Facebook first. Coincidentally, they’re not aware that there are other sites in the internet. They are therefore, gullible.
15. There’s this thing called Facebook envy. You might not know but you may be causing someone to be jealous or subconsciously you are jealous of somebody else’s life because of their post. For example, that US trip or that new car really got you, didn’t it? People don’t post in Facebook if they shat in their pants. Cmon’.
16. People don’t really like it when you post bad stuff or your complaints about the injustices of life, even if they are true or if it could happen to you too. They’ll call you toxic. Maybe you should just post about Barney the dinosaur if it makes you happy. At the same time, I can’t really take it when PETA posts their stuff.
17. It’s easy to grab a pitchfork and condemn someone on Facebook. It’s also easy to be a hypocrite there too.
18. Do you personally know who are in your friends list? I don't.
19. I’ve got nothing against grammar nazis but sometimes people really type and spell funny.
20. I’ve had it with various agendas being shoved right at my face.
21. Facebook tends to bring out your narcissistic and megalomaniac side.
And lastly…
22. I’ll live my life. You live yours. Life isn’t a competition. I won’t shove my way of life to you and vice versa. Same goes with my values and morals. We don’t necessarily need to keep an open window towards each others’ lives.
All I’m saying is, this shouldn’t be your past time as well. Following people or pages, it might be addicting to be always “updated” and you might not want to miss out but all I can say is… It’s not natural. Think about it.