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Social media detox – why I removed my personal Facebook account

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Wilko van de Kamp
Mar 05, 2022
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I’m going to apologize for the rant in advance – but there’s a few things I need to get off my chest when it comes to social media. Let me start off with a question: Have you looked at your Facebook timeline or newsfeed lately? Other than cat pictures and advertisements I’ve not seen much interesting recently. I realize that in essence there’s nothing wrong with either of those – but to understand where I’m coming from – let’s go back in time.

I was never a huge fan of Facebook, but when I moved to Canada over a decade years ago, a friend convinced me to sign up for the social media network so I could stay in touch with soon-to-be-overseas friends. That in itself is definitely one of the major benefits of having a personal Facebook account. Being a very frequent traveler, I’m proud to say I probably have more friends all around the world than in the city I currently live in. From that perspective alone you might say having a personal Facebook account is beneficial.

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