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I deactivated my Facebook account and deleted the app tonight. That website has become worse than Mos Eisley… so, yeah, it’s gotten pretty bad.

The longer that I’ve been on it, the volume of negative things seem to end up in my news feed continues to grow and grow. And I don’t need that kind of negativity in my life. I should read more or get more active or… well, I could do anything and it would be better than opening up that app and scrolling through click-bait, misinformation, random hate and advertisements. I have a basement and man room that need to be gone through and organized. I could do that.

It’s just like sticking your face into a firehose that’s spraying full bore. Sure… you’re getting wet. But, at the same time, you are getting your face torn off while drowning. I don’t like the firehose.

Edit: after receiving a couple of text messages from people asking if I was ok, I opted to reactivate my profile and delete the app instead. This saves from freaking people out unnecessarily.

Writing? Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That!

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It kind of feels like the traditional blog is dying out there on the Internet. With all of the social media formats out there… you are almost wasting your time by stringing together anything longer than 140 characters because most likely it’s not going to get read. 

I’m on a bunch of these social media sites; Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, Vine… just to name most the popular ones… and it feels like the attention span for content is getting shorter and shorter. Most likely, I’ve already lost half of you that might have started reading this post. 

It’s all become a popularity contest for who can get the most likes the fastest. Content? Fuck the content. Fuck the thought and fuck the integrity. Just give it a like. Maybe it will go viral and I’ll become Internet-famous. 

I fall into the trap too. Coming up with things to write about or sitting down to type my thoughts and feelings out can really be a lot of effort. And I don’t do it often enough. But when it comes down to writing a post here, it’s not about getting popular. It’s not about getting recognized. It’s not about going viral. It’s about getting my thoughts and feelings out and real. It’s about the process… the journey… and not the result or the destination. In the end, I’m writing for me and not for you. 

Facebook…

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…you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

Ok, maybe scum and villainy isn’t completely accurate when describing the masses who use it. A more wretched hive of dumb and inanity? This has got to be closer.

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Anyway, I used to post on Internet forums back in the day. I witnessed and was part of a flame war or two. However, I grew tired of the continual attacks and stupidity and completely over the top trolling. So I left. I decided that I didn’t need that kind of negativity in my life. There is enough in the world already without me going and actually searching it out.

And now, years later, my Facebook news feed is pretty much the same thing. Idiotic flame wars, partisan political memes, inflammatory pseudo-journalism and pure assholery. That’s all I see now.

I’ve gone to the extent of unfollowing the attention whores who post non-stop selfies, the pushers who want to use your Facebook as a platform and your friendship as a springboard to sell you shit, the dickheads who just want to troll everyone politically… I’ve tried. And failed.

I have almost reached my negativity saturation point where I am going to end up pulling the plug on this social media outlet and walk away. It’s coming soon.