What was once intimately kept inside the precious chest of private life is now publicly waved across social media — especially Facebook. Taking a stroll through the feed of the most-used platform, you see the same things as always.
A proudly laid table with the happy little family and the faces of their children about to have dinner with some unusual dish, cooked with all the love a contestant from a cooking talent show might show a judge who can destroy their unlikely culinary career with just two words; photos of fifty-year-old women, single or married, showing off the physical qualities that still give them a little hope of feeling irresistible, perhaps under the excuse of displaying the latest product purchased online; the usual unsolicited life quote from someone convinced they have something to teach others; old pictures from when you could still go to the beach without masks. And so much fear. And so much hatred showing through the comments.
But can you live without Facebook?
I think I lived quite well during the few times Facebook wasn’t working. I’ll probably live even better without seeing anything about my “friends,” and I believe they will live just fine too without knowing anything about my life.
But to be certain, you have to try.
I’ve been using it for years as well, mainly for work, even though I haven’t avoided posting some parts of my private life. It would be interesting to understand what changes.
The first thing I need to do is make sure I can manage the pages I use for work, and then later delete my personal profile and the private pages linked to it.
To do this, I will create a fake profile and connect it to two random “friends,” chosen among people I don’t know.
I will add this fake profile as administrator of the pages I manage for work. Then I will proceed to delete my Facebook profile.
The effect will be no longer seeing what “friends” and relatives are doing — and making it impossible for them to know anything about me.
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