Here is the post I put up to let people know what I would be doing. The response was minimal compared to many other things I've put up. Names and images have been partially obscured for privacy.
I was overreacting to what my coworkers were doing to my Facebook page. Hardly anything was posted, just a few prods and pokes at me about how I couldn't log on. ex.
There are still people who make a conscious choice to not use Facebook and other social media. And there are many people who make an unconscious choice to use social media. I for one make a conscious choice to use social media because I believe it to be a useful tool for maintaining relationships. It wasn't hard for me, but it can be a major problem for some people. Prior to starting this project I read up on some other's experiences. One of the most fascinating and troubling is called "This User Does Not Exist"
TL;DR
Giving up social media and cell phones isn't fun, but it isn't that hard.
UPDATE: A great example of why social media is so useful and wonderful is the Project For Awesome, happening now! A 48 hour social media binge devoted to raising money for charities. I'm glad my experiment didn't overlap with this because now I'm logged in constantly raising money!
Ahahahaha.... why is there a rat in the wall? I win a prize for watching the whole thing. Sorry it took so long.
ReplyDeleteYay Hobbit! I feel special for being indirectly mentioned. I'm surprised you didn't mention the fact that I saw a QR code to "like" the movie theater on Facebook... on the inside of the bathroom stall door. Seriously? People need to be using social media while they're on the pot? I don't think so. I have a "dumb" phone like yours and I intend to keep it that way.
I have a friend who continues to intentionally abstain from Facebook (she never had an account and plans to never have one), but she will occasionally ask me to Facebook stalk someone for her. In those words. So even the non-Facebookers can end up using it indirectly.