Are there any negative effects of using Facebook?

in #newcomers3 years ago

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Yes. Trust me deactivate it as soon as possible because the amount of influence it has on your mental health is immense.

What I realized from my, over 10 years of using facebook:

🏴It definitely is addictive
🏴I used apps to see how much i was active there, it turns out, it was usually close to 2 hours daily, 14 hours weekly, 60 hours a month, 720 hours an year or 30 days a year.. Are you f*cking kidding me? You spend a month on social media that brings you next to nothing. Do you know what impact it will have on your life if you spend that time productively
🏴Your cravings for validation from other people increases and this is detrimental for your growth.
🏴It will pull you away from the things you loved to do in real life.

Not all social media are the same. I find facebook very negative but I do like instagram. Most of the time, i spend there is wasted looking at beautiful nature videos/pictures, memes, funny animal videos, beautiful colorful minerals etc. I can say that it has positive impact on me. Also whatsapp which i use to keep in touch with people close to me.