I find my relationship with Facebook really dysfunctional. Well, many might say, it's not Facebook, it's the people in it. But to be honest, except for a couple of people, most of the people I befriended on Facebook are either real friends, good friends or people that I quite like.
However, on Facebook, I find everybody just too much. I don't post much, neither do I upload lots of photos on it, as I just don't feel comfortable with the way the site operates. I hate the attention seeking, the competitiveness it encourages in terms of how many people like your posts or your photos. I find people/friends really narcissistic, vane and hypocritical on it. I've seen it all so far.
I know I shouldn't take it so seriously but I feel it's really affected the way I perceive people and I interact with people. I find the relationships there really dysfunctional. For example, a good friend who is all sweet and nice to someone that she used to criticise a lot. Another example, friends rarely wish me happy birthday on it, whereas they do to people they hardly know. People generally don't reply to my comments. People expect you to find out about their lives via Facebook rather than other channels like e-mails, or phone.
Before Facebook, my friendships seemed to less complicated and more straight forward. Now I see so many sides of people, which I wasn't aware of before. It's all a bit schizophrenic, if you ask me.
Anybody has felt or feels that way about it? Shall I delete my account for ever?