Chad Mumm, of Switched.com, lists and describes 15 reasons to quit Facebook. His reasons involve unwanted quizzes, friend requests, embarrassing pictures, etc. If you are thinking about quitting Facebook, read the whole article. Here’s an excerpt: We’ve been with the site since the early days, but we’ll admit to feeling some considerable Facebook fatigue recently. [...]
David Derbyshire wrote an alarming article for the DailyMail Online. Here is an excerpt: Social networking websites are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users, an eminent scientist has warned. Sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are said to shorten attention spans, encourage instant gratification and make young people more self-centred. Tweet [...]
Testing Facebook Yesterday, I received the following message in my email inbox: I heard a rumor that founder and President of the Low Tech Times has signed up for a Facebook account. Can you confirm or deny? Kevin The rumor is false. I do not have a Facebook account. On Wednesday evening, my friend Mike [...]
Loren Feldman runs a site called 1938media where he produces blunt, entertaining videos. He’s a hi-tech video blogger, but he does not drink the social media kool-aid. Click here to see his recent video on Facebook. “I don’t get it” “It’s a nightmare, that site” “I don’t understand Facebook.” Related: Low Tech Times Facebook Posts [...]
I do not have a Facebook account. Many months ago, I wrote an article entitled Facebook Accounts Are Completely Unnecessary. Since then at the request of friends, I have considered signing up for Facebook. However, I admit I still get a kick out of reading about Facebook problems. Most recently, Facebook altered their terms of [...]