Here's what I learned from just 7 days of not using the Like button FB:
- It does slow down the rotation of ads in your feed. I got the same ones I'd had going in - Roku, a bunch of dance companies - but they came up less frequently and didn't flood my feed with ads.
- It's difficult but not impossible. I didn't slip up but I did have to pay attention.
- I can get chatty! It was a challenge to give up the Like button because I do like to remind people that I'm around. Without it I had to say something. I decided that making a thumbs up icon in the comments section wouldn't count so I had to come up with comments that I felt good about. It's slightly harder than it looks.
- In fairly short order I was afraid that I was too chatty. Some people don't need to hear me, they know I'm there.
- Good conversations started, though.
- I think I'll probably reduce the amount of liking I do and pay closer attention to when I want to hit the button. It's more than a little self-important to think that everyone needs your input all the time, you know?
- However, sometimes it's just appropriate to use the Like button to register an "Atta girl!" or an "I hear you!" or even a "Fuck yes!" though I'm the type who often feels the distinction is important enough to write out Fuck Yes!
I recommend that you try it. If you do I recommend that you try it for more than one day. Doesn't have to be 7 or 14 days but I think that, to feel the way it changes your interaction with friends online, you'd have to be a daily user who does it for more than one day.
Report back, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
poop. google ate my comments. anyhow, i'm loving it so much i don't really want to go back other than for the occasional attagirl thing, or my obsessive liking of HONY which i didn't stop anyway. the conversations (ie ours) were better than usual, and i like the prompt to myself to come up with words, or walk away. i tend to hide behind likes. i don't need any more walls, i have plenty as it is.
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