LIFE WITHOUT FACEBOOK, PART 3
The Digital Gentleman, looking to make sense of the mess called social media, recently deactivated his Facebook account. This is a series about the resulting misadventures. Check out Part 1 and Part 2.
Day 11.
I logged back into Facebook today. I couldn’t find a certain photo of a trip I went on and, knowing that a copy existed in a specific album on my page, I went in like a man goes into an old, abandoned house to get a trinket. Of course while I was there I had a look around. Things still carried on like normal. Annoying Facebook Girl was still posting about how much fun she had last night at a certain bar. Humblebrag Guy posted about his “exhausting” trip to Cannes. A few Facebook event invites nagged me. I got the pic and quickly re-deactivated the account.
Day 15.
I can’t say with certainty that my life is better with or without Facebook. People complain that the site is a huge waste of time and an attention-sucker. Guess what. The internet is a huge waste of time and an attention-sucker. Facebook is just a very focused part of that phenomenon.
Day 16.
Went on a short road trip to Montauk this weekend, snapped up a ton of pics…but had nowhere to show them. Tweeted a few. Instagramed a few. But they basically just stayed on my phone. Part of me thinks “man, what was the point of taking pics?” I never realized how awkward it is to actually show pics of a vacation after a significant amount of time has passed. “Hey here’s me on a beach…man, is that irrelevant now or what?”
