Blog 2nd Aug 2018: Social Media These days I find myself wondering about the cons of social media rather more than the pros. So much so that I am now actively considering ditching the whole lot. I use Faceache a fair bit and for two main reasons. I want to keep in touch with family and friends resident in other countries. Conversations with the immediacy that faceache brings just wouldn’t be possible any other way. The second reason is because I can talk engineering with other like minded hobbyists. But I've always felt that Social Media networks have a shelf life (something the recently tumbling share price of the Zuckerberg empire supports) but more and more I also find myself weighing up its importance within my life and without just sitting there glued to a constantly changing and updating news feed page packed full of adverts... which brings to mind a meme I recently spotted (ironically) on facebook (see below)... Quote Twitter isn't much better, often feeling more like an echo chamber... or a sometimes rather unpleasant group think amplifier. Brevity isn’t always a good thing, as Twitter with wearying regularity demonstrates. I understand that every time you use one of these services you are effectively trading personal exposure... but these days the personal cost is ramping up with misguided advertising, politically motivated targeting, censorship of ideas, misuse of your data (without any say) - and all in the face of authorities powerless to call anyone to account. Still pondering, as I would very much miss chatting with friends in far away places Comment | Back to Quick Links...