I deactivated my Facebook account

After many years as a Facebook user yesterday I deactivated my Facebook account. I also deleted my Instagram, but in fact I never used it. The people at Twitter had blocked my Twitter account, so now if you want to talk to me you have to send me an email or call me on the phone 🙂

I know it’s not a big deal, but several friends have been asking me why in the last few hours, so I decided to share this why here, where I can write freely.

I’ve always had a fairly active social life on Facebook, I liked sharing what I was doing and participating in what my friends were sharing. But my passion for social media passed when I realized that social media has become mainly a tool for revenge. Whoever has to say something stupid says it on social media. The real environment in which we live protects and regulates us, no one can say too much bullshit without being reprimanded. Social media, on the other hand, has become the megaphone of morons in too many cases.

Last month I tried deleting the app from my smartphone. It worked well, the usage time was reduced and it didn’t cost me any effort. Finally I could spend more time on the toilet with Nova Lectio.
The notification mechanism is evil, it needs to be managed, especially for young people who grew up with it and are convinced that it’s normal to always be available to others and, even worse, to a program that tries to sell you stuff or, even worse, to sell you to others.

After what happened in Romania, where a civilized state defended itself from a rigged outcome via social media. After seeing how the American government views Europe (and I am happy to be European). After seeing the support that social media gives to characters that I consider embarrassing for the human species. After all this, I thought it was better to take a step back.

I will continue to use LinkedIn because so far “mom Microsoft” is doing a great job and it seems to me that it continues to be a place where one can be at peace.

I’ve never kissed anyone’s ass, and I certainly won’t do it through someone else.