Let me be the first to say it: This is kind of a horse-has-left-the-barn post for me. My day looks like I ran smack into the opening credits for The Matrix. That’s in part because what social media sites do is incredibly powerful: They unite communities across great gaps of space.
For those of you who still have a life to save from the ever-present pings of social media, I’ve got five quick tips for keeping the information onslaught at bay.
Here’s why doing so is important: Your time and presence are valuable to the folks at Twitter, Facebook, GooglePlus, Instagram, Goodreads, and all of the rest. They need that time and they think they need it more than *you* need it. That’s why they’re set up to email you about every change and update. They’re lonely. They need you. Please write.
Truth is, they’re not lonely. They just wouldn’t exist without you. (Well, Twitter might devolve to a bunch of Oscar Wilde* bots sending messages back and forth.)
But guess what? They’re all programs, designed to do one thing beyond all others: Whenever you get out, they try to pull you back in.
So here are a few ways to keep them from eating your life (some of which you may already be familiar with, but they’re worth revisiting)–allowing you to enjoy social media sites when you’re ready, but don’t feel the need to come running every time they call.
*no relation
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Option #6: JUST SAY NO!
It is wonderful to have always disliked the idea of sharing my little world with the big world. No Facebook. Don't have a clue how to tweet. Couldn't stand the idea of crawling further into google's pocket when they launched +. And i don't take pictures with my phone really so instagram is a foreign concept as well.
Want me? Text, call, email or snailmail or drop by.
When someone talks to me it's because the want to speak to ME, not everyone in the world. I love it!