If you are a facebook user then i'm sure you might have seen a meme like this. Especially if you are in places like India where everyone you know is generally on facebook and there's no dearth of people sending you requests on a regular basis.
I was doing some clean up earlier today and was wondering about a few people I didn't really want to stay connected in the first place with on my list. A short while later I came across this meme. It was just hilarious.
Sometimes, people even if strangers you are comfortable connecting with them because maybe you have something in common and you want to remain connected.
Then there are other times when this meme is pretty much true. After some cleaning up I'm left with over 1600 people in my list and with over 700 pending requests after I was done removing some! It’s too much work so I’ve let it be for now.
I've also stopped adding people i don't know personally or if they don't care sending a text why they want to connect so this too piled up overtime.
I think it's great to connect with people all over the world. I have someone I know in my fb friend list who has two accounts, both have 5K friends each, no idea why he's done this or and how he manages to stay active on both accounts. I can't figure out why somebody would do that.
People love to snoop on other people. It's more commonplace in certain cultures I think. Here, people tend to do that a lot and for those reasons social media like Facebook or Instagram are very popular amongst everyone. Annoying family members, relatives and acquaintances love to use these platforms to keep tabs on others.
It's just the way of life. The concept of friend requests certainly seems to hold a different meaning now.
But on Steem there's none of that. You can't control the privacy of your content shared either. You just put it out there and it's visible to the world should they want to find you or your content for whatever reasons. Very different sets of experiences indeed.
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I deleted my FB account one year ago and happy to have made it.
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Oh wow. That's a pretty good length of time. Lot of time and energy saved for sure.
How much it cost you to run your witness?
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The same is on Steemit as well. Many user just wanted to keep peeping inside other account ....
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Yaaa .... it's true bro ...They are just like idiot in the heavens....
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I don't have nor have I ever had nearly THAT many friends in FB, and I do have
Two accounts, but that is because something like 4 yrs ago someone in
Barcelona (I think it was) tried to log in to my account and I was locked
Out for THREE DAYS while I jumped through hoops to prove to FB I
was ME, and not some impostor. So now m y alias account is
Nothing more than a back door. When I finally got my original
Account back, I had lost all my admin status in all my groups, including
The three that I own. When you disappear, all your posts, all the group
Cover photos that you've put up disappear with you.
This way,, if that should happen again, I can let myself back in to my
Groups without having to wait on FB, I can explain to people what
Has happened.
That being said, I am growing nearer and nearer the point of leaving
All and I do mean ALL social media behind.
I'm about to turn 64, I don't have THAT much time left and to think
Of spending it tied to FB or Steemit when I could be out traveling or
Visiting people or places...I'm a work in progress.
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In short I can only say FB is a Circus. All fake faces.
Using fb very rarely nowadays... But yep one incident of financial institution recovery personnel gave me a great hint to make sure you make your profile strictly private to your close circle only ...
And if you got time enough please accept one friend request out of 724 ;)