Since print media is dying out, what will become of a good ol-fashioned strongly worded letter to the editor? Nowadays all articles and blog entries posted online have comment threads, so well written, cogently thought-out online comments have taken the place of those letters.
Of course, with that comes the comments from people who sounds like they’re wearing tin foil hats, of which this site seems to attract by the multitude. But this comment attached below is brilliant! It’s quite possibly my all-time favorite in the entire 3+ year history of the site.
It comes to us from Thomas Allen of thomasallenonline and it was posted on my essay detailing how people in the U.S., UK and Canada are leaving Facebook, why I quit for good, and why you should possibly consider doing the same
FINALLY โ Someone who understands why we donโt need Facebook. I was hitting it pretty hard for quite a while and then one day, I stopped, looked at the screen and said (out loud), โWho gives a shit?โ, and logged off. Itโs been 8 weeks now and, as you stated, my productivity (Iโm an artist) has exploded.
Oh, I tried quitting last summer and felt terribly guilty for ignoring people. Fortunately, I got over it. The sad thing is that my last post stated, โIf anyone wishes to reach me, hereโs my email address.โ Out of 366 โfriendsโ, I heard from 3!
I was accessing Facebook from my laptop โ thatโs it. Itโs the people with smart phones who really did it for me with posts like, โIโm camping and itโs pouring rain.โ Youโre NOT effing camping if youโre still tethered to civilization.
The final relationship breaker for me was my career. I looked back at the last 3 years and tried to find one instance where Facebook furthered (or even tapped) my career and I couldnโt find a damned thing. If anything, itโs shown people who follow my work that I can be a sarcastic asshole. I prefer to let the mystery be from now on.
So to everyone whoโs ever wished happy birthday to their six-year-old, congratulated Tony winners, or โdaredโ me to support breast cancer in my status update, I say to you, โEnough of this shit. Life is so much better when itโs spent with real people in the real world.โ
Go here to see the original anti-Facebook essay
Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net. Heโs also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports You can follow him on Twitter
