10 Reasons You Should Delete Your Facebook Account

4. We Think Of Everything In Terms Of Facebook

Facebook2 Not everything needs to be recorded. Not everything needs to be photographed and posted to Facebook, or anywhere else. Nowadays, with the proliferation of smartphones and tablets, we can update from anywhere in the world, at any time. Facebook owns Instagram now, and so pictures of our meals and horrifying videos of our nights out litter Facebook newsfeeds as well. We can €˜check in€™ to any location with a marker on Facebook, and create that marker if it doesn€™t already exist. People have created their homes, their beds, even their bathrooms as separate locations on Facebook. When you think of everything in terms of Facebook posts, you run the risk of thinking Facebook is life, and that something hasn€™t happened until you€™ve posted it to Facebook. We€™re already seeing that a little with the phrase €˜Facebook official€™ about romantic relationships €“ it€™s not a real relationship, after all, until you both feel able to post it to Facebook. And that leads to€
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