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Red Pill TheoryI permanently deleted Facebook (self.TheRedPill)

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And I haven't looked back. I know the passive benefits of social media as a means to show off for SMV, or to pretend you're happier than everyone else, but TBH, I have very little to show off outside knowledge, and no one likes a smart ass.

I started noticing 'like' hierarchies, as I call them. Top-tier people get all kinds of likes, despite never posting anything original, though you won't see them liking lower people's statuses. Sometimes manginas get a shit-ton of likes for being good servants of the hive mind, but everyone knows they're still not getting any.

If I was in a position to maximize SMV through social media, I would, but at this juncture it does more harm to me than good for a slew of reasons. One, I tend to speak my mind, sharing abstract thoughts I find somewhat enlightening. It alienates me from a lot of people, except some I don't want to associate. I don't have a smartphone, and can't take interesting trips, so not much to show off. I could show off my body at times, but that only highlights you're a player, and a 'low-class' one at that, if you don't have the right upbringing or credentials.

Another point, or confession, is that I'll linger on crushes (girls I think I have a shot with), or on couples to read between the lines and determine whether they're happy or not. I admit it's a strange habit that's likely not exclusive to me, not that there are many finger-pointer types on TRP. But anyway, what I mean about couples is I'll often see if they like each other's statuses/photos, and actually feel validated when they don't. I notice a lot that women will 'like' almost any upload from their BF, while their BF almost never returns the favor. Those relationships last longest. If a girl almost never 'likes' his uploads, then it's easy to assume she doesn't respect him. Lastly, FB will make you slightly question the validity of AF/BB, such as when a girl artificially bolsters a BB's online ego in a convincing manner. That's a main reason I quit.

Ideally, my FB deletion will result in optimizing my time. I played video games the first week, then got burnt out on those yet again. I've implemented aspects of my routines I usually procrastinate on. So far... so good?

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[–]NietzscheExplosion 73ポイント74ポイント  (17子コメント)

Facebook is voluntary groupthink even Orwell could never imagine.

Police and the CIA love facebook. Fullstop.

[–]godrips 22ポイント23ポイント  (3子コメント)

The ex-director of the Stasi in communist East Germany said Facebook would have been their wet dream and he can't believe how much power the NSA has just two decades later.

[–]NietzscheExplosion 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yea, in the 80s intelligence thought they woke up to a wet dream because cell phone use was taking off. Now with PRISM, Carnivore and if I mention one more surveillance system an agent will for sure read this post...

[–]The_Turbinator 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

XKeyscore is my favourite because I can just pull up whatever you did online in the past few days by doing a simple keyword search.

[–]NietzscheExplosion 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

ahh gee and I thought you guys only looked at metadata :/

[–]thefisherman1964 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

I was about to say that democracy is a worse kind of voluntary groupthink than Facebook, but then I remembered that democracy is involuntary. Because the democratic majority has such good ideas that they need to force them on other people.

[–]PowerVitamin 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Wow this sub is getting redpilled as fuck. I am loving it.

[–]cmxhtwn 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Eh...so so. ADVERTISERS love facebook, just imagine the amount of consumer data the scientists are providing to advertisers around the globe.

[–]s08e12 -3ポイント-2ポイント  (6子コメント)

Karl Marx would have an orgasm, Orwell would have a heart attack.

[–]EuronPacificus 6ポイント7ポイント  (4子コメント)

You dont know what Karl Marx thought, or wrote. Clearly.

[–]s08e12 0ポイント1ポイント  (3子コメント)

While Karl Marx did have good intentions, he always thought about ways of controlling entire societies.

[–]648262 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

By that logic you could say the Catholic Church and the Chinese government loves Facebook as well. It's a bit of a stretch.

[–]EuronPacificus 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wrong. And since you didnt bother to provide evidence, neither will I.

[–]Shamlei 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Which isn't a bad thing per se, when I look at some of the monkeys I meet sometimes I'm happy we have control over them.

[–]JustACrosshair_ 30ポイント31ポイント  (5子コメント)

Deleted mine in 2013, 3 years after highschool. Nothing bad happens when you delete it.

If people ask why you dont have a face book/ can't find you on facebook, first of all it is a good IOI, and second, just tell them people kept stalking you too much.

Deleting facebook has prompted better conversations with women irl than any through facebook.

[–]Way_Of_Man 48ポイント49ポイント  (23子コメント)

Were I not using it to promote my glorified side hobby (MMA) I would deactivate my FB indefinitely.

It's almost a complete waste of time and most of the stuff that gets posted on there is SJW tripe. Shit yesterday like people telling me heterosexual privilege is what caused the shooting in Orlando.

GTFO with that

[–]Squeezymypenisy 14ポイント15ポイント  (10子コメント)

What is heterosexual privilege?

[–]Way_Of_Man 36ポイント37ポイント  (3子コメント)

It's where we're supposed to feel bad because of the sexual orientation nature gave us. Which is suffocatingly thick with irony. But people who post that kind of shit aren't much for critical thought.

[–]TheSpiritof1776 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm sick and tired of being marginalized for my Heteronormative white cis genderness.

[–]s08e12 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

There was a study that showed the better you are at rationalizing the easier it is to have cognitive dissonance and not notice it. What makes it worse is that liberals think they're smart which gives them a sort of confidence in their own beliefs. Like, "Why would I believe this if it wasn't true? I'm in college studying liberals arts so I can appeal to authority, my authority!!"

I know because I did it too. It's fucking horrifying when you realize you might be making the same rationalizations even now and not know it.

[–]TrumpRules2016 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

Pretty much the same thing as white privilege

[–]gives_heroin_to_kids 21ポイント22ポイント  (3子コメント)

That's odd. I get my white and male privilege checks in the mail each month but I've never received one for heterosexual privilege.

[–]sigma272 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

You have to pass a special test for that one. Form P304-2

[–]s08e12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well gay people used to be exempt from having to die for our country. Now we're oppressing them by making them go out and fight. It's 2016!!!

[–]Ozymando_ 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

The power you get from having a cock and a set of balls.

[–]PlanB_pedofile 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

I admire those who use facebook for a hobby being it for racing, fitness, mma, music, your hobby defines you, not your career

As for the rest of shit on facebook, unfollow, unsub.

[–]Thewelshpill 4ポイント5ポイント  (5子コメント)

exactly why i use it, i call facebook my fight network

[–]omarx25 4ポイント5ポイント  (2子コメント)

Mma is the fucking shit. Primal to the fucking max. Beautiful destruction.

[–]slay_it_forward 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

Until you get knocked the fuck out.

[–]Auphor_Phaksache 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The only reason I even got FB was because my gym would post updates about the schedule. There were a few times I'd show up for jitz and they would be closed and I'm standing there like an idiot.

[–]M1ster_MeeSeeks 33ポイント34ポイント  (5子コメント)

I don't think Facebook is a useful tool for the goals that bring people to TRP. It will not aid very much in your success with women, and if anything, has a better chance to detract from it.

I will state however that there are some bright spots worth noting.

1) It is infinitely easier to remain in touch with people, share information/articles, and debate current events. I am talking exclusively about messenger, which i think is better than texting in many ways.

2) You can join facebook groups that are intellectually or professionally motivated, such as a wall street group of around 700 people that I'm a major contributor for. I get some of my business news and research ideas from there.

As with any tool - video games, television set, computer, car, credit card - there are potentials for misuse, overuse, wasted time, and serious cost to the user. I'd never advocate spending a lot of time on facebook. But I'm not likely to delete any time soon.

Just ignore what everyone else is doing to try to get attention and you're good.

[–]a_nus 15ポイント16ポイント  (0子コメント)

Two things come to mind for which FB is extremely useful for, and which don't have an acceptable alternative.

One if keeping in touch with people. I recently reconnected with an old friend from highschool who's now in Sweden. Now I have a free placw ro stay at next week when I visit, someone to show me around, and to invite me to parties. I've also reconnected with girls who I ended up fucking.

Second is events. For better or worse FB provides a centralized hub for events. A lot of them only advertise via FB and/or require you to RSVP to gain access.

The rest of the features like the news feed, your wall, posting shit, should be avoided. Unless you have a professional image to maintain which benefits from social media (if you're famous) there is no reason to be posting shit on FB. If you can't help yourself from browing the "news" feed for hours or posting your thoughts, you got deeper issues to focus on and I guess deleting it temporarily can be beneficial. Want to share something with friends? Fucking send them a PM, no need to post it (and your opinions) publicly for everyone to see. Only attention whores do this, and it's only excusable for girls. I keep my public FB activity very minimal. Only updating profile and cover pics maybe once every 6 months to a year. Rest is kept private.

But my point is, why get rid of a tool you can use greatly to your advantage? If FB is hindering your progress, you've only got yourself to blame.

[–]FOX_DADDY_SUPREME 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree completely. Reddit can also be used in ways that are unproductive or harmful. You can tailor it to work for you or against you.

[–]s08e12 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Are you kidding me! Half the girls post their numbers in their about page. Facebook is a better app for sex than tinder ever will be.

[–]M1ster_MeeSeeks 7ポイント8ポイント  (1子コメント)

"Hey I got your number on your facebook page. Let's get coffee"

Not sure I agree haha.

[–]s08e12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I open on fb obviously

Then within 5 minutes I text her

[–]evileddy 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

Delete facebook and hit the gym.

Using facebook gives people a false sense of accomplishment.. and that's very addictive to most people.

I deleted mine years ago when I found I wasn't learning anything other than my friends were having kids.

Women can't stalk you when you don't have facebook.. so it gives you some mystery and they like that.

Then there's all the people getting fired because they said something on facebook.... do you see how dangerous that is?

[–]Rathadin 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've been on the cusp of deleting Facebook for awhile now. When I consider the time and effort I put into the platform, versus what benefits it has on my life, they're sorely lacking.

[–]HAMMURABl 22ポイント23ポイント  (5子コメント)

The only reason i still have facebook is for Tinder sluts.

[–]CommanderBlurf 6ポイント7ポイント  (3子コメント)

I have a friendless FB account for that, with a fake last name and no profile pic.

[–]lemurmort 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Hey me too! Doesn't Tinder require you have 50 friends though?

[–]s08e12 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

It used to but I made a new account like a month ago that didn't require 50 friends for some reason. I thought it was going to say error but it let me.

[–]RedditAdminsSuck_88 11ポイント12ポイント  (0子コメント)

Great decision. I deleted my Facebook, Instagram, all of it on New Year's Day as my New Year's Resolution. Never looked back, happier and happier I made that decision every day. Have never been tempted to even log back on.

It's a great release. Once I finally realized no one gives a shit about your pictures or status updates or any of that, it became clear it was the right decision. Social Media is 100% about validation, and that's why people use it, to get validation. Why enter the frame of those seeking validation on Goybook or Zionstagram? Be the mysterious guy without social media instead.

Besides all social media these days is for corporations to farm your data anyway.

[–]motorcyclelove 8ポイント9ポイント  (1子コメント)

Good job OP. I actually just deleted my last night too. Too much liberal BS on there.

[–]s08e12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Off topic: I sometimes feel like I became what I am today because liberalism was getting too "cloying" for me. Like a scene from the suburbs from Edward Scissor Hands, you know? But I also became a liberal in high school because my conservative parents turned me off from being a republican.

Am I just a reactionary? Will I stop supporting Trump once 90 percent of the country also supports him and becomes super patriotic again? Right now it's "cool" and edgy to be a young Trump supporter which is a huge appeal for me.

[–]2legion327 22ポイント23ポイント  (2子コメント)

Facebook is cancer. That is all.

[–]s08e12 -2ポイント-1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Only if you don't know what it's used for. It's like saying longboards are cancer because you don't know how to ride one.

[–]1awalt_cupcake 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

you're right. dont let the red pill group-think stop you. Everything is a tool. Use it accordingly.

[–]CTsunami 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well done. No Facebook is an easy way to be "mysterious"

[–]aazav 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Good.

Facebook is high school. We've all come so far past high school, it's simply stupid to go back.

[–]diomedes777 51ポイント52ポイント  (10子コメント)

Having and using a personal Facebook account is not conducive to being a red-pilled, alpha male. It cancer for the mind and soul. I deleted mine nearly 2 years ago and haven't even been tempted to go back whatsoever. It's a leftist, liberal-pandering, PC hivemind of utter garbage. I don't want to see the deluded, idiotic personal opinions of every dumbass I ever meet/have met in my life, I don't want to see Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and Salon articles trending in my newsfeed, telling me how much of a piece of shit I am because i'm a white male. I'm sick of Clementine Ford. I'm sick of Muslim apologists. I'm sick of the response to every Islamic terrorist attack being that of utter insult to the victims through hashtages, inaction, by insinuating it was somehow their fault because of the way our society has "displaced" these people. I'm sick of "not all Muslims!", and passively witnessing these fucking mentally ill liberals literally inviting the collapse of their own societies and ultimately their own deaths. I'm sick of being told my masculinity is unneeded. I'm sick of transgenders, gays, lesbians and mentally ill idiots whinging and complaining. I don't care about these people, I don't care what happens to them or what they have to say about anything.

This is all Facebook is. It has been revealed conservative media is being censored on Facebook. Conservative articles are removed, anti-Muslim sentiments are removed and used as criminal evidence for you to be charged with, right-wing views are shut down and ridiculed by fat, blue-haired tattooed cunts who are on a break from their liberal arts intersectional feminism essay. Clementine fucking Ford can get you FIRED for expressing anti-feminist sentiment and your career stained forever. It's a fucking joke.

The only use Facebook has is the promotion and management of business. That's it. There's no excuse to have a personal Facebook account as a red-pilled man. It is absolute cancer.

[–]AskYouEverything 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have a facebook and only only ever use it for the chat feature, or when my phone reminds me of events or birthdays. I don't browse. I only occasionally look at someone's profile if there's something specific that I want to see.

In my opinion facebook is beneficial if you don't really use it, and just let it be a tool. Only beta males and middle schoolers are concerned with what happens on facebook, though

[–]oliver51293 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm in the promoting a business boat. I make sure to unfollow everyone I add so I don't have to read their bullshit.

[–]blackchadthundercock 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Our entire society is being turned gay and it is wrong. That rainbow flag at the top of redditt is bullshit as I don't support gays and I could care less what happens to them. The bible is correct, you reap what you sow & this political correctness bullshit needs to stop.

[–]Leviticus59 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is the best comment on this thread. Fuck Fakebook.

We're being told today that the NRA and Christianity caused the Orlando massacre, which is a pure delusional fantasy.

[–]DDOS_Feeler 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Surprisingly, you did not mention donald fucking trumph.

[–]Endorsed ContributorNeoreactionSafe 11ポイント12ポイント  (2子コメント)

Facebook is at the top of the brainwashing system.

In Germany they actually use it as a weapon to filter out thought crimes.

Since the Red Pill is exposing the truth that will be seen as hate.

In our Blue Pill world (Facebook being the top):

 

Truth is Hate

 

Note: I'm not on Facebook.

 

[–]Pewdielockz 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Do you got some articles about that filter in Germany?

[–]Endorsed ContributorNeoreactionSafe 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

This has been in the top level news over the last month or so.

Do a google search:

zuckerberg merkel

...and you will get plenty of info.

 

[–]trpthroway123 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

You need FB for Tinder and a bunch of other random apps/websites. If it wasn't for that, I'd get 100% rid of it.

I haven't posted/commented/liked/updated since 2012 or so. I happened to log in to check a client's page recently, and noticed I had 4 years of "Happy Birthday" posts I never checked.

Same 30 or 40 people, all 4 years, just reminded me how pathetic the whole thing is.

[–]lemurmort 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Make a stooge account for tinder and kill it for good

[–]ImPhilsredditAccount 9ポイント10ポイント  (2子コメント)

Much like the rest of social media, it's largely a waste of time and a toxic breeding ground for narcissism and leftist propaganda. The best thing I ever did was delete my profile.

[–]_N0Tvargas_ 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

I thought narcissism was part of TRP?

[–]evileddy 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yes you can look at your god like physique in the mirror after a great gym session... or get 100 upvotes for posting a picture of your dog.

One of these things is empty.

[–]DoubleTappp 20ポイント21ポイント  (5子コメント)

Psh, all you tools saying "FB is beta" and what not, are completely missing the point.

Anyone who says "FB is a waste of time and I found it to be such a drain because of SJW's blah blah blah" apparently doesn't have an ounce of self control in their bodies.

Don't like the shit someone posts? Delete them or simply ignore it. Either option is simple and acceptable. Certainly better than coming to bitch about such a mundane thing on the internet...

On the pro side of things, FB is an excellent resource for keeping in contact with others. Since most of you are painfully and obviously in college, the only people who are long distance to you are the people in high school who you never gave a fuck about anyway. That changes.

When you grow up, live and travel, you end up having relationships all over the world. It's nice to see where and what people, that you care about, are doing and have a simple medium to start up a dialogue. A simple example I can use from just yesterday is that I hit up a friend who was travelling in SEA and he had posted a picture of a place I recognized. We then chit chatted about certain spots that I recommended and he gave me some info for my next trip to that part of the world. Whole exchange took less than 5 minutes and we both added "value" to each others lives.

And then, on the "validation" side of things, if your life is pretty fucking cool, throwing up the occasional picture of you doing some sweet shit ain't all that bad either.

[–]_N0Tvargas_ 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Thank you for this. I don't see how using/not using Facebook has anything to do at all with TRP. It's not about whether it's alpha/beta, it's completely irrelevant.

[–]2MuchButter 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

This.

Facebook is another tool in your arsenal, if it's become an addiction... then get rid of it. The rest of us can control our social media urges.

This isn't 1998 anymore, social media and the internet is a defacto part of life, helping aid in your ability to get ahead in life.

If you can't control your urges/narcissism then delete facebook and go into monk mode. The rest of us will continue using tools like reddit/fb or whatever comes along to navigate the modern world

[–]The_Warmth 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

And then, on the "validation" side of things, if your life is pretty fucking cool, throwing up the occasional picture of you doing some sweet shit ain't all that bad either.

It's only "pretty fucking cool" if you get a lot of likes though, right? right???

I'm right there with you guy. Do you really do cool shit unless you brag about it on Facebook?

[–]returnofthemack2 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I wonder if people realize you can just log in on the messnger site without ever viewing the wall or your page. I know a girl that deleted her account proper but has the ability to still log in and chat. I really think people need to look into this, becasue it's still effective for communciation, especially if you have mad family overseas

[–]DSMcGuire 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I use Facebook because literally my social circle refuses to use anything else!

"Are we coming out for beers next week?"

Me: "Oh I don't know anything about this..."

"Oh yeah, I posted it on Facebook, made a group."

That shit. That fucking shit is the worst.

[–]RPill_Clinton 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Social media is extremely Blue Pill in my opinion. I am a tattoo artist and have an Instagram account of my artwork. No Facebook or any other social media. It's a necessary commodity within the art world in order to get yourself out there. I post a picture of myself with my friends or me tattooing every 10 pictures or so just to show my SMV.

[–]saiyanmentality 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

I'm curious what you guys think about Instagram though. I know for a fact that some girls rate your SMV purely based on your photos and followers (basically the same as facebook). I deleted it myself but it seems way more useful to display your SMV as opposed to facebook since its less about your thoughts and mind.

[–]planofcare 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I like it to look at things im interested in pertaining to my hobbies (Music, graphics design, movies etc.) but anything outside of that...nah bro. I could care less about the "eye candy" 21 year olds or the "food porn" that gets clogged up in my timeline...or whatever instagrams feed is called. Honestly I don't even log on that much unless im real bored.

[–]Ishouldbeproducing 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

You know lately I do agree with /u/planofcare but also the memes are starting to get a bit out of hand. There are so many memes on my discover page about one group of people are better than this and everyone just hating on everyone. But I do know that whatever you follow your discover page will become related topics of that. I follow alot of art blogs on IG and most of the time all my discover photos are C4D and other types of art which is dope. I don't follow "IG models" though it's kinda lame.

[–]planofcare 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

super lame. Theres some amazing art on there though AND decent workout routines and so on and so on

[–]NarcoticDesiderium 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I've always tried to avoid social media because it becomes more real than real life sometimes. You get reinforced over and over again and get the opportunity to post only the good things, which leads to a delusion about your own SMV. Slavoj Zizek has a great video on synthetic sex and online dating that is very interesting, and for the more philosophical i recommend Jean Baudrillard's Simulation and Simulacra; great critical theory book on how people perceive their realities virtually and how that might affect human interactions.

[–]nike747 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I deleted all social media about 6 months ago and haven't looked back. The people I want to stay in touch with have my number and if they want to say what's up, they will. Same goes with me to them.

A lot of people come up with excuses to why they use fb, instagram, etc., but the fact of the matter is, those people won't admit to themselves that they don't need it. I did the same until I quit and I've been infinitely happier without it. I'll never go back.

[–]Sawagurumi 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

I can't remember who said it, but it was suggested that social media to women are what porn is to men. Men look for sex, and porn is a way of convincing your brain that you a fucking really hot women, getting that dopamine rush, but without actually working on yourself and going out and interacting with women.

Women look for social validation, and instead of going and interacting with people (especially men) and actually putting some work into building real life fulfilling relationships, they get that oxytocin rush from seeing so many 'likes' and 'followers' that actually mean nothing at all.

Both are an escape from reality for many people. They do not further your goals.

I think social media can have a use, eg to further your business by putting your company name in front of people, or for keeping in contact with old buddies now and then, or to learn more about your hobbies. But in general, a total waste of time.

[–]returnofthemack2 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I really hope there are more studies on the impact of social media on people's lives...I really do think that it's a negative force; a soul sucking force even. What is life if it's always experienced and viewed under the influence of social media, in that lens?

[–]trpjnf 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

As a young guy (20 y/o) I've thought long and hard about the social media I choose to partake in. Each has their purpose. Using them beyond their intended purpose is where you get into trouble.

  • Twitter is good for news, but not much else, unless you're funny and on Black Twitter. I rarely tweet. IMO it's only good to use after you've developed a decent following, and even then, is probably best used to put out links to your Instagram.

  • Snapchat is good for getting nudes, and showing off the shenanigans you got up to over the weekend. However, it's a horrible communication tool because everything disappears eventually (hence why girls love it). NEVER ask a girl out through Snapchat.

  • Instagram is good for showing off the cool museum/show you checked out last night, or the hot girl you took to your frat's formal. It's not good for following a bunch of hot girls and liking all of their pics like a thirsty little beta. Instagram and Snapchat are pretty similar in their purpose, because they're about status displays.

  • Facebook, IMO, has changed their business model to making Facebook a place for communication, rather than pictures. Since almost everyone is on it, I think it will stick around, despite losing users. It's a good way to keep in touch with extended family or classmates that you may work with on a class project. The liberal bias is pretty ridiculous, but trimming down your friends/following list to around 100 is a good way to ensure it doesn't become overwhelming. Where I see people get into trouble with it is when they post stupid shit on their timeline. I don't get involved in politically charged conversations as a rule (despite being involved in political action myself), nor do I post memes, videos, links I enjoy, etc. If I want someone else to enjoy that stuff with, I send it to my friends in a text, if at all. I also deleted the Facebook app from my phone. It's a huge fucking waste of battery.

Ultimately, what it comes down to is this. These apps don't serve a purpose in your life as a man, unless you're promoting yourself through them. If you're not, then you're helping promote others.

[–]dickcomments 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

|snap chat - everything disappears eventually

No, it doesn't - not if you know what you are doing on the receiving end.

[–]grewapair 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I didn't delete it, but I took the app off all my devices. I spend almost no time on it, and my battery life is way longer.

[–]maxrp 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I keep FB for getting in touch with people. I don't get involved with all that facebook feed status shit. Oh and what became of my ex-plates & crazy girlfriends, always interesting to see how they turned out, ie accidental babies with no father (not me), marriages and divorces (thank goodness not me).

Oh and you need facebook login for Tinder. (but i highly recommend you make a new facebook account for that unless you want blowback)

[–]Enzo_Eastwood 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

Lurker here. I'm articulating deleting my Facebook account. However, I am concerned with identity theft (someone creates a profile under my name using my pictures, adds my old friends and acts under my name).

Does Facebook have protection for this? Or am I giving too many fucks about something that may not actually happen.

I have an alternate account for promoting and sharing my music. Facebook is useful for that in most aspects.

[–]mack_and_the_boys 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

Delete all your pictures and remove all your friends. Voila.

[–]TheBloodEagleX 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't think your Facebook ever actually deletes; it just becomes unavailable.

[–]lemurmort 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Set up a stooge account to message your friends from college and for Tinder. Use a pretty white girls picture and add a bunch of Africans as friends. Seriously. You need 50 friends to use Tinder.

It'll keep you from going back and serve your needs if something actually comes up where you need one.

[–]Smoothtank 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

The irony here is that this is worthy of a FB post.

[–]kragshot 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Unless FB is something that can directly benefit your personal brand, then it's totally unnecessary to your life. I'm a DJ so I use it for publicity and promotions. But if you're just a guy with a private life, then it's more of a time sink than anything else.

[–]boogerboy23 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I thought about deleting mine but then started posting pics of the crazy things I did in the past weeks amd have gotten a ton of likes, which for me in a sense means I gotta keep doing cool shit to get likes. Girls have a posse who like all their shit and get like 100 likes in a second. I literally have to do something not a lot of other people can and get like 60 fucking likes. Its motivating in a way, trp in the virtual world. I don't give a fuck though because for me when girls like my stuff means they are keeping up with what I am doing. Also if you are doing cool shit, people are more likley to reach out to you instead of the other way around.

[–]strppngynglad 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Your time has just funneled to reddit

[–]Advice_M8 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

Only certain flowers are as frail as you.

[–]Pastelitomaracucho 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I haven't used Facebook in years. Once you are free, you will never want to go back to it.

I tried to try instagram yesterday. As soon as I logged in, a flood of people started adding me. People I wanted, people I didn't want. I immediately deleted my account and uninstalled that shit. My privacy is precious.

[–]Rommel0502 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Never had a Facebook or Twitter account. Never will.

[–]s08e12 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Sometimes manginas get a shit-ton of likes for being good servants of the hive mind

This. There was a post on fb yesterday by a kid I knew in hs how "Love is the answer" regarding the Orlando massacre. It was, I shit you not like 10,000 words. Had like 200 likes. I was looking at the comments where girls were actually saying he was like "a brother to them" protection wise you know?

I shit myself laughing.

[–]40_SixandTwo 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I deleted my Facebook from October 2013 and made a new one in July of 2015. After being away from it for almost two years, you realize that it's become a virtual reality for alot of people. The only reason I brought mine back is to keep up with company's that I need be up to date with in my career field.

I've got a few rules for mine though, no posts, no selfies and I set a timer on my computer to limit myself to 30 minutes of Facebook a day. I treat it like checking my email.

[–]jmg83 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't entirely trust Facebook, but I use it. In the first place, I got it because other people were posting pictures of me without my permission. Now, I use it because I hate phones, plus it enables me to get in contact with people I haven't seen for some time. Yeah, it gets annoying when people continuously post pictures of their meals, or every time their kids achieve something, but I simply ignore it, end of story.

[–]CUNTRY 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I had Facebook for a few years but I deleted it 5 years ago.

You do miss out on some announcements from friends etc, but if they are really your friends you're going to know all that stuff anyway.

Women I've met are usually intrigued that I've decided to opt out. I don't make a big deal of it. I just say "I'm not interested in showing off, and I'm not interested in people that do."

Your time could be better spent doing literally - anything.

[–]army_of_fartness 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Wtf are you people talking about? I use Facebook to laugh at and make fun of people from my past.

[–]seducer4real 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I deleted Facebook years ago. Life has been much better since.

[–]CheerfulNeutron 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have been unable to delete it because I use Messenger so much. Does anyone else have this problem?

[–]denhib 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I did the same thing, no regrets. First I put in a newsfeed blocker, then whittled down my friends to only people I talk to or see on a regular basis, then just deleted the account.

[–]red_gerb 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Congrats. You've just begun an information diet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNFNOSzik14

You will be mysterious, and girls love that. and if something important happens, don't worry. Your harem will keep you updated.

[–]downvotesanimals 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Deleted it 6 years ago and never looked back.

[–]saviorcoffee 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I did this almost 10 years ago. It's useless.

[–]PantsonFire1234 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Allot of mates have their Facebook deleted, locked or otherwise minimized. In my opinion it wore off it's charm. It was fun in High School when all the cool guys used it and collectively made it fun. Nowadays all I see is losers, beta's, bitches and old people using it.

Allot of people like to pretend they were cool post-High School. They play it up in their social media accounts or parade at party's in their flashy clothes. Let me tell you a secret.

I went to two elementary schools and three high schools due to bad behavior, fights and all together lackluster grades. All were located in my district save for one. Being social and part of the 'included' was a necessity for survival. This meant I knew virtually everyone in my grade and those above. Those bellow me were ignored, picked on and bullied.

I can tell who was 'in it' and who wasn't. Generally this phase sets people up for live. Most people who are the loudest at parties or the most obnoxiously active on Facebook- belonged to the loser crowd in high school. I ain't got time for that dumb shit and people already know me. Messages and private chat groups are used far more often by exclusive crowds.

Facebook ain't cool anymore. There's no shame in dumping the thing. The only value your emanating is some Faux-level of SMV that medium bitches and beta's pick up on. There was a post on TRP some days ago, about some girl that tried to swing back to her professional armed bank robber ex- who did time in prison. Do you really believe that guy updates his Facebook?

[–]TheAwesomeGiannis 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have very little to show off outside knowledge, and no one likes a smart ass.

Well then maybe you should get some things to show off other than your knowledge.

[–]norsegaud 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm actually a fan of facebook for several reasons:

  1. It provides me with practice for self control. Someone says something stupid, and I want to reply, I get a chance to stop myself and examine the reasons why I wanted to reply: Was it because I feel I'm right and they're wrong? Am I?; have I examined the reasoning behind my beliefs?
  2. It reminds me that people are emotional creatures and can be manipulated by almost anything. A.K.A, I get a chance to analyze behaviors of people after, let's say, a mass shooting. People tend to be addicted to outrage.
  3. It makes logging into other sites really easy. My time is valuable. Signing up for a site is annoying.
  4. It allows me to remember the birthdays and names of people I've met. For example, if I'm going to a party, and there is an event on facebook where people RSVP, I can scan through that list, see who is coming, and remember their names if I've met them in the past. I can't tell you how much I forget people's names that I don't see regularly. It makes me look like I actually care about them and serves my social purposes.

I'm sure there is more, but you get the idea. People seem to forget that being a man doesn't mean you hide from the world because you can't control or don't like it. It means adapting to it and being able to move forward when everyone else is stuck in the mud.

[–]freeligious 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Technically, it's not "deleted." Only deactivated. It can always be reactivated later and FB certainly isn't relinquishing their dossier on you.

[–]dickcomments 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

There are two options: deactivated and permanently deleted.

Now, you are correct in saying that they retain all of your inform, but you can delete the account.

[–]Scizzler 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Do you want a cookie? Seriously. GTFO with this shitpost. It's like you surprised yourself that you can actually live without it, it's pathetic.

[–]Endorsed Contributorstonepimpletilists -1ポイント0ポイント  (7子コメント)

It's a nice place to backup my photos, occasionally message people who I haven't seen in years, and the event function is good to keep groups in the know on parties etc. other than that, largely a timesink.

Same as reddit is great for RP material, seeing the new blog posts by the guys. Not so much for anything else but wasting time

[–]NietzscheExplosion 2ポイント3ポイント  (6子コメント)

Face book owns every photo you put up there and can ban you a take them away whenever they like. Back things up in a sensible manner.

[–]Endorsed Contributorstonepimpletilists 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

There's multiple. The rule is n-2, where N is your backups, so 3 different locations means you only have one backup.

Besides, they are just photos, the memories ain't going away. It's just stuff

[–]NietzscheExplosion 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Fine fine. Just clarifying for you and everyone reading. Facebook OWNS EVERYTHING YOU PUT ON IT.

[–]Endorsed Contributorstonepimpletilists 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yup. You are the product, not the customer

[–]RDfanman 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

The physical structure that stores memories in the brain deteriorates every time that memory is recalled. You will rapidly forget someone's face if you think of them every day as the memory becomes lower definition each time.

Memories do go away, and they become less accurate every time they are recalled.

[–]TheBloodEagleX 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Memories do go away though.

[–]Gostkowski -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I was the only guy in my highschool class that didn't have Facebook profile. It was one of the reasons I was alienated from peers at that time, but I simply refused to voluntarily become another slave of the system. I finally made my account when I started college because other students decided to make a group there in which they post useful stuff.

Regardless, I still don't like Facebook. Government and corporations are using it in order to brainwash you and sell you their products or ideas.

[–]SW9876 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I want to delete it but I can't. It's basically a requirement for college nowadays.

[–]DrHawk144 -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I deleted the app from my phone. I see a lot more response when I finally do post something - which requires me to be on the computer, which is down to about once a month. Removes the distraction, I don't go down the rabbit hole of the deep creep on new girls and just let things go. Noticed I stopped worrying about a lot when it was gone.

[–]consciousclone -2ポイント-1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I just use it to check my work rota and update my cover photo to an obscure Simpsons reference every few months. It usually nabs a few likes. I remember I made this my picture on Valentines day and you could tell, even from my computer screen, that people thought I was bitter or "wounded", but in reality I was pointing what a stupid excuse it is that you have to spend money to make your partner know you love them. I say if your parter put that Simpsons photo up, your relationship is the healthiest of the bunch.