NFT: How often are you on social media?

Probly anywhere from 1-4 hours a day :-(

The availability of constant information was turning my brain to mush. It's been 2 months and my memory has improved I'm sleeping better and my attitude has lightened.

I refuse to have any of the apps on my phone. Many times when I'm out, I don't even carry my phone with me.

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In comment 13240630 Diver_Down said:

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I refuse to have any of the apps on my phone. Many times when I'm out, I don't even carry my phone with me.

I think that is brilliant. If it's on your phone it might as well be crack.

In comment 13240632 Sean said:

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In comment 13240630 Diver_Down said: Quote: I refuse to have any of the apps on my phone. Many times when I'm out, I don't even carry my phone with me. I think that is brilliant. If it's on your phone it might as well be crack.

Some of my friends and family think I'm just being obstinate and have even asked how they will connect with me. I told them to call me. It's a phone.

Now where did I leave that 8-track tape?

It cuts down on the mindless checking of the phone. By physically requiring me to open the cover, that second delay is enough to actually not bother with mindless task. Unfortunately, sometimes I won't check for a couple of hours and will miss an important message/call. About a half hour ago, I was plugging the phone into the charger and it vibrated indicating a missed call/message. It was my sister giving an update on her oncologist appointment. She left the message 5 hours ago.

I mostly use Twitter on game days so I can tell Blandino about how he's ruining the NFL. The only posts I see on Facebook since a few months before the election are from Peanuts. I like seeing Coco the DJ on Instagram. BBIs pretty much every day and probably too much.

recommend it to everyone. Yes, it's a badge of honor.

I value my privacy, and I grew up with a dicey bunch that I'd rather continue to avoid contact with.

Seeing as I don't need it for booty calls I don't think I'm missing much, but I could be wrong.

I was using fb much less frequently for the past year or more, then the constant barrage of inane political postings, from both sides, pretty much slammed the door on it for me.

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My work email has to be on my phone. That's the world I live in, or at least it's the job I currently have, but I deleted my personal email from my phone.

I don't have the Facebook app or Facebook messenger installed.

I still text non-stop. I want to work on that.. but people get angry when you don't text them back, lol

I don''t have twitter, facebook, instagram or anything else. BBI is enough for me

Never

So count your time here

My main time-wasting fun on the internet happens on BBI and imgur. Then just news and a little sports.

My fiends would sometimes joke about it, but some have now given it up themselves because of what a mental strain/waste it can be.

dying down a little, mainly from observing my friends. It may be because we're all in that early parenthood stage where our time is spent rallying the troops rather than mindlessly refreshing the internet. My wife sent a Facebook invite out for our annual Christmas party and we only had two families respond, because they're just not checking Facebook as much these days.

I never got into the Facebook craze. I have an account but probably check it once or twice a week, mainly for pictures my buddies post and OAR concert news. I use Twitter every day, for news info.

to get into trouble through Facebook and Twitter.

I rarely post stuff on Facebook. I use it more to keep up with my children and to belong to different groups. I don't have a twitter account.

smart phones.

I use fb messenger quite a bit, text, browse imgur, and read BBI.

I do however go long times without doing any of that- sometimes days (minus texting for work). It isn't all that difficult.

So- quite a bit...unless you're talking about posting on instagram/twitter/facebook or reading my fb feed- I don't do any of those.

for a few days. Not a general rule, just a pattern I've noticed.

Generally I'm not into social media. I'm not as social as I used to be either.

In comment 13240908 aimrocky said:

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dying down a little, mainly from observing my friends. It may be because we're all in that early parenthood stage where our time is spent rallying the troops rather than mindlessly refreshing the internet. My wife sent a Facebook invite out for our annual Christmas party and we only had two families respond, because they're just not checking Facebook as much these days. I never got into the Facebook craze. I have an account but probably check it once or twice a week, mainly for pictures my buddies post and OAR concert news. I use Twitter every day, for news info.

It's not dying down for high school/college students. It's simply shifting, from one preferred medium to the next.

to Friendster

when the school system makes information available through Facebook, as if we are all signed up to it.

...and like UConn, feel great. I certainly do not judge people who still enjoy social media but it ran it's course for me.

Plus that means more time on here.

In comment 13240653 UConn4523 said:

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recommend it to everyone. Yes, it's a badge of honor.

Haha, preemptive towards comments I usually make.

I'm on it for way too long. Definitely multiple hours. It's too omnipresent, it's always in the background.

I recently got into mindfullness, which I thought was bullshit but found to actually help me, and I'm starting to appreciate headspace and realize how much of an obstruction social media is. I wouldn't want to be off it completely, and I don't mind posting and interacting, but I do realize now it's a beast that needs to be controlled.

has the 12 of us in 1 GroupMe chat. About half of us are off Facebook, the other half use it and will probably stay on it atleast in the short term. Some that stay on it post all the dumb shit that invaded my feed which reinforces why i'm off it and that's all they use it for. I actually don't think anyone I know uses it for anything other than to kill time.

2 things that happened in my life recently involve Facebook. The first happened about two years ago when we told our family that we were expecting. I made it very clear to our family that I don't want pictures of my child online (many reasons for that) and several people on my wife's side thought I was crazy for that. I was kind of shocked people wouldn't respect my right to privacy on this one, but hey, that's the world now right?

The other instance happened last winter when my sister-in-law stayed with us for a couple months and just happened again when she spent 2 days with us over Thanksgiving. She was on her phone the entire time, constantly on Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat and wouldn't even play with her niece. She won't do anything without taking a picture of it first, its sad. She's not even 18 or 21, she's 27 and should be growing out of that by now.

In my personal life, I get nothing out of social media and more recently its just created problems some of which are unavoidable.

I have no other reason to use it.

I'm on BBI but don't post very often. Mostly here to get info on the Giants and the hockey threads.

but I work using 2 screens and its easy for me to do both at the same time. I'm not very active at night unless its a big game or event. My nights are devoted to making dinner, playing with our 15 month old, and catching up on TV shows.

with a number of BBI members and former members which I can't have here. Yes from both sides of the political spectrum. Get to see many links which tell me how "this will change everything". Get plenty of crazy which I enjoy. Even occasionally post a cat picture.

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In comment 13240908 aimrocky said:

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dying down a little, mainly from observing my friends. It may be because we're all in that early parenthood stage where our time is spent rallying the troops rather than mindlessly refreshing the internet. My wife sent a Facebook invite out for our annual Christmas party and we only had two families respond, because they're just not checking Facebook as much these days. I never got into the Facebook craze. I have an account but probably check it once or twice a week, mainly for pictures my buddies post and OAR concert news. I use Twitter every day, for news info.

I wouldn't say it's "dying down." I think having constant access (and notifications) on your phone tempers people's social media craving. It's still being checked constantly; there's just less urgency/fascination when it happens. I said above that I've deleted apps from my phone and noticed there's a little more of a "rush" when I get an email now. I think people would be just as crazed if they didn't have to 24/7 instant access to it.

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Then you never get to see my cat.

In comment 13241141 Big Al said:

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In comment 13241120 steve in ky said: Quote: . Then you never get to see my cat.

I didn't know you had a cat. I don't think you ever mentioned her/him that I recall.

You can post a picture here so I won't miss out :)

with the wife.

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with the wife.

Don't complain, her credit card debt came with mine.