Facebook rehab.

It used to give me enjoyment

I've been way to long on #Facebook sometimes even days at an end, and this for 10 years.
Yes I'm an #addict. In the beginning my obsession was explainable. I was sick, isolated, bored and it got me trough the day. There was some logic in my unhealthy attitude towards social networking. At that point in time It seemed only logic that could not get trough the day without constantly checking my account.

Back then nobody ever heard from the NSA eavesdropping on what your posts.
And most of us didn't realise that Facebook mapped our personality and preferences to the very detail.
As a result people dared to speak up, share an actual opinion and the community policy was almost non-existing so you could swear and insult all you want without getting reported. People would correct your behaviour, but big brother didn't really care. It actually was a place of freedom and interaction, it was fun !

Things got sour.

At first Facebook got really paranoia about nudity an acquaintance of mine who had a gallery and specialised in erotic art ( not porn ! ) got banend so much he had to create multiple profiles to keep his clients informed.
Since then a nipple is enough to get banned. I suspect Mark being Jewish has something to to with it, where I live we have a large Hasidic Jewish community and they aren't keen on nudity at all.

Not much longer after that they went full-blown moral and ethical correct. Censorship became the new norm and a new kind of social-network saw the light, one that aimed to be free of, swearing, racisme, "speaking" in violent or threatening terms, visible drug abuse and a lot more.

A #Facebook that became utterly #boring because people should be able to swear, threaten, be bad, a racist or a slut. It vents steam and it's kind of honest. By the way most people who do all these things aren't that bad at all in real life.
Of course there are truly evil people and the'll remain there als long as Facebook will exists, I got to know some cause I'm into peculiar people wha have a different view on society and life. And I can assure you, they never threatened online they do it from person to person. As social network doesn't become more safe if you convert it to a virtual kindergarten, the wolves will still be there and they will be less hungry as everybody will see a safe kindergarten.

So that was the end of the fun a dull ethical correct kindergarten plastered with commercials where everybody is afraid from the NSA and nobody dares to show who he really is.

Realisation and acceptance

The last year, I've lost a lot of energy in an attempt to keep the damn thing a bit interesting for myself.
Realising I was addicted to something that didn't bring me joy anymore I became a rude troll and joined a group for trolls, it's kinda fun but not enough to keep me there.

Today I got banned for trolling #Mashable a bit. With a reason, they posted about a new #trend the squeezing of flower foam combined with a lot of glitter as the newest kind of stress relief. I see this as a dangerous trend as it releases a lot of glass particles and #glitter into the environment, fish mistake these for plankton and die of starvation. So I expressed my discontent as creative as I could while paying tribute to Bill Hicks marketing sketch and I used "kill yourself", #insta-twats and #tidepod in the same sentence. That was a bit too much, 3 day ban.

Let's do this.

So today, when I finally got my #steemit account activated I decide to quit cold turkey with Facebook. ( I'll hope I'll remember that tomorrow ) I'm going to spend my time writing instead of commenting, I'm gone get comments myself and I hope to find a new but more rewarding digital addiction in that.
Read, comment as you please, it's your god given right to do so.

your cyanide sandwich, enjoy !