Yeah, me too. But you usually don't have to look beyond your immediate family to find someone that uses Facebook (or at the very least an FB-owned property) a ton. We aren't typical!
I always read these types of comments remembering the response to Dropbox [1] or Slashdot's response to the iPod ("No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.").
Should we tell alcoholics that they'll never quit and their plight is hopeless? Or do we amplify the voices of those who succeeded in quitting, in the hopes that others may find inspiration to do the same? I'll do the latter.
In that sense, it's really not so much a problem. It's been an amazing crutch to a sort of depression caused by thoughts such as "my son is lucky enough to have his great grandparents and I'm across the Nation chasing money," etc.
I guess I'm one of the ones really stuck in the rut.
If you are spending hours a day trying to attract attention then that's an issue. If you spend hours a day posting every detail about your life then it might be an issue it might not - it's just a matter of deciding how you want to spend your time.
I seem to manage; I use email and a website. These technologies have been working fine since around 1996.
The only "social media" account I've ever had is this one; and I'm pretty new here.
Consider teaching your rels to use straightforward technology that's been around for forty years (maybe since before they were born).
There's nothing special about Faceache; it's just a website with a messaging service (and an "app"). The only thing going for it is people who continue to use it, because they have "friends" who want to live in a Faceache bubble.
Look, that's cool; if you and your friends and rels think it's a good service, then you don't need any "alternative". I'm not going to beat you up for relying on Faceache.
But your ongoing use of Faceache, which you explain in terms of network effects ("but my grandparents that are on facebook") makes you part of the problem you yourself are complaining about.
A very powerful quote on preference falsification but I can’t for the life of me remember where it came from.