I deleted my Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram accounts, and felt great since

Post by cambalache » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 4:42 AM UTC

imgabe wrote: post #75

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Sure, if you are a self-sufficient adult with health and your life more or less in order. But these apps dont prey on that kind of people.They prey on naive teenagers who still are maturing, they prey on technologically clueless senior (and not so senior) citizens who believe everything that is on the Internet, they prey on people disenfranchised, the losers in the dating game in the job market. The mental health dam…

No, you don't have to wait for everything else in your life to be perfectly arranged in order to take charge of your own feeling of self worth. In fact doing so makes it far less likely that it will ever happen. This trend of telling people that they are helpless victims of their circumstances comes from a place of compassion, but it is ultimately causing more harm than good. Yes, some things that happen to you, beyo…

Post by Markoff » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 4:46 AM UTC

Post by ogre_codes » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 4:56 AM UTC

ericol wrote: post #14

I lived in Spain for 5 years and then I returned to my country 13 years ago. Some 8 years ago, Facebook was something that I really enjoyed using. I left way too many friends, close friends, and well, lovers behind. Facebook allowed me to have a healthy relationship with them, even if at a distance. I went back to Spain on 2010 for the wedding of a close friend, and it was like I've been out of the country for 2 mont…

Post by onyva » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 5:06 AM UTC

Post by danans » Thu, Jun 25, 2020, 5:20 AM UTC

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> Anonymity is a major key why older forums were much, much better than our social media of today. I really doubt this. The mask of anonymity completely removes accountability on forums. Pseudonomity is a better approach, along with moderation, and ultimately, a community committed to civil discourse. But the quality of commentary on any forum is a fragile balance, as the evolution of HN has demonstrated.

> The mask of anonymity completely removes accountability on forums. Accountable to whom? What accountability? Why was this necessary? Accountability wasn't necessary, as most forums were never big enough to really matter. Facebook, Reddit, Twitter are now forces of nature, especially in politics and matters of public opinion. > Pseudonomity This has varying degrees of anonymity - you need to further express what you…