I have another Facebook account

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One of the hardest decisions in life nowadays could be (1) abstaining from social media; (2) deleting it for good. Well, I honestly think I don't have to suffer from any of those. Let's look at the reasons why we want to stay out of it.

1. Waste of time. I think everyone can empathise with this general fact, it is in fact! How many of our precious seconds had gone by over stalking someone's timeline or looking at their photos? Or maybe chatting with someone over the internet rather than face-to-face.

2. Privacy reason. You have the choice to adjust your privacy settings, but if you're friends with every people you meet at a random party you gatecrashed, I think they'll just enjoy reading your status updates about how smashed you got from crashing another party last weekend.

3. Relatives. One of the greatest things I hate on Facebook. Family rumours start here, they make up a well-fantasized version of a story that was literally only about eating oysters. I think it was best not to add them in the first place. 

4. Kills Real-life Social Interaction. It's ironic how it's meant to ignite it, but it does the other way most of the time. You see someone online, and not talk to them... and you start thinking they hate you. You get awkward when you see them in person. With Facebook, you aren't comfortable hanging out with new friends, so you just talk to them over it, and it doesn't really help because you think you're one lifeless social climber. Your self-esteem jumps off a cliff and the next thing you know, you have only have 992 friends on Facebook, but no one to hang out with in real life.

5. Turn on Full-Stalker Mode. It's not a one-sided cassette. You can stalk as they can stalk you. Link your Twitter or Instagram to your Facebook, or update your status every 5 minutes. Put up photos from last weekend, and you'll be amazed how much people thinks you have an interesting at the same time pointless existence.

My first status updated on my new account:

Hi everyone, you've noticed I made another account. This is because, in a month, things will be permanently changing for me. It is hard for me to turn back to my old account for it has memories of the past, including my over 300 albums and photo tags that I might never get to see again. The fact that I have a big fascination with photographs. Well, I want to look forward from this point on and I like to see things differently and genuinely. I think it's time to leave baggages behind so it's easier to walk along in life! :)

Now, let's look at the reasons why I decided to sign up for a new account:

1. Almost everyone and everything is on Facebook. It's Club Penguin, only you know everyone who's playing.

1. It is easier to communicate! The fact that almost everyone checks it, on an everyday basis. You can always organise a real catch-up through it.

2. Real-time interaction. It's not like the telegram service or it goes through the postal office.

3. Photo sharing. Ermerrgheeeeerd, I leervv sheereeng merr pheerteeers. I just do.

4. Free. Because if I had to pay for it, I'd probably stick to the good ol' telephone, or maybe go a bit techier, texting.


To wrap it all up: Facebook is good, if you get rid of people you don't really know.