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The people who use it.

The Internet is serious business and when everyone uses it a lot of idiocy comes into play.

I'm also on FB,but I don't post for everyone too se very often,instead I joined some groups😉

Just about everything.

I remember before 'smart' phones & the age we live in today, the person who spent HOURS & HOURS online was labeled the social outcast/freak/loaner/loser/stalker/etc. Think Sandra Bullock in "The Net" 'computer people' as they were called back then were downright despised. Called nerds, get a life, etc.

When fb first started, I remember ppl rushing home to go on fb. Before they would just hang with friends. I would have to say that fb is the MOST anti-social site I have ever seen. "I liked this picture so I am connected to this person & I caught up with them them." NO, you catch up with them by having lunch with them PHYSICALLY. Even a phone call is better.

It gives you a false sense of closeness with someone when you are not close at all. Also creates creepy situations. Much like celebrity stalkers, who feel like they 'know' the celeb they like since they know all this stuff about them.

Many people tell me, oh no it's a good way to keep in touch. WRONG. What it does is just what I said it's REPLACEMENT. Just like self checkout replaces cashiers. Not that self checkout is bad. Just using it as an example.

Just tell me what would you rather have, a night at home all alone LIKING photos of someone's awesome vacation, OR GOING on that vacation & having fun. Simply taking a photo as a memento.

Really just sick of social media really, I mean it's a bit fun but mostly I call it social replacement. Instagram is going to replace photo albums it seems. No more hey lets all get together to look at PRINTED pictures. Nope. It's all sterile now. Again insta is nice but not as a replacement.

Just look at all the recent DEATHS/ACCIDENTS caused by social media (people driving while live streaming, on snapchat, taking a insta etc...) Look at vine stars on yt now 'do it for the vine' constantly injuring themselves and getting into all kinds of trouble due to the misguidance of social media.

It seems so many feel they need to respond. It's not necessary. Then it can get ugly. I don't have Facebook or twitter. This site is the only one I use.

I don't really post much on FB. I mostly use it for arranging meet ups with friends or keeping in touch with those that are abroad, or just getting updates for things I've "liked". I generally try to avoid the other aspects of it, but there are a few things that grind my gears whenever I browse my timeline, like:

- Those obviously fake news stories, that someone is gullible enough to share (no, not those, the real fake news).

- "Share this icon and you'll get a life time of good health and luck and it will also cure your grandmother's psoriasis."

- "I want to wish my one year old son/elderly mother/blind cousin a happy birthday. I love you and I thank you for always being there for me/giving my life purpose/some other nonsense. I know that you don't have a FB, but I'm a self-centered attention addict and this will help me get a bagillion likes." What's the point of wishing anyone anything on a platform that they don't use? They can't read it, and I'm not interested!

I left fb years ago (well 2009) and I felt relieved at first. I didn't have to bother rushing to check my wall and my messages. I also felt like I had so many "friends" but not many of them were my actual friends. I feel like now if someone actually wants to talk to me, they should be able to reach me without stalking me out on facebook. Plus its TOO much information in one place about you on the internet. People share way too much. Just my opinion.

They do have reaction buttons since my time on there. It was terrible when all there was was a like button. Someone would announce someone's death and people would be "liking" it for lack of another option. I don't even think there were many ads in 2009 when I left, and there were none when i joined. The good old days I guess. ;)

I’m only a recent adopter of social media. I signed up for Facebook and Twitter upon learning that the IMDB message boards were closing. I’ve only joined one group from IMDB that started a page there. I’ve never really adapted to it, and only login a few times a week at best. Message boards might be considered outdated to most of the kids these days that live on Facebook or Twitter, but for the types of discussions that we have here, they fulfill that need perfectly.

What I hate about it is the way that it auto-logs you on. I would think that I was signed off, go to facebook, and lo and behold, I’m signed on! So I keep my cookies off on Android, and delete the individual cookie from Firefox after I sign off.