By: Katrina Penaflor managing editor
Iām convinced my Facebook feed is just an increasing pile of things I never want to read about, but continue to look at on a daily basis.
Facebook, in a sense, is like fast food. It sounds so good at first, itās super convenient, and itās absolutely amazing when you first start. Then, as time goes on and you consume more of it, like a lot more of it, it sort of makes you sick.
Iāve definitely hit the side of overconsumption where Facebook is making me sick, or maybe Iām just sick of Facebook.
The other day I saw this post that was shared thousands of times, and at least five times by people Iām friends with on Facebook that talked about splitting up the lottery winnings. Maybe youāre familiar with it; it said something along the lines that if the 1.3 billion dollars was split evenly among all the people in the U.S. then everyone would get four million dollars.
I donāt even know where to start on addressing this. The math, first of all, couldnāt be more inaccurate. And on a second note, when I read the comments beneath this post I was actually convinced that some people will believe anything they read online.
And this madness of believing 1.3 billion divided by 300 million equals four million has actually become the norm for what I see online.
Iām constantly seeing things that leave me shaking my head and wondering why Iām still reading post from people that I never interact with in real life. The āunfollowā or āunfriendā button is continually getting pressed.
Iām finding that the only good things I see on Facebook are those addicting Tasty videos that show me how to make pizza dips and Oreo stuffed donuts. Or pictures my cousin uploads of his new baby.
So why do I keep logging on and reading what everyone has posted and shared? Why canāt I pull myself away from what some would consider internet garbage?
Maybe food videos and baby pictures are enough to keep me logging back on. Or maybe Iām just stuck with the fear of missing out on something thatās actually important.
