Huh. I read that editorial earlier this week and was just pondering whether to share it here.

I have to keep a Facebook account because my classmates have a group to share coursework and information, and my project manager and a non-profit I work with both prefer to get in touch via Facebook chat. But as of this Wednesday, I made a pact with myself: no more Facebook unless it's to reply to an important message. So no more surfing my friends' news feeds, no more "liking" and commenting on dumb stuff, and more importantly no more vitriol spewing myself (I used to be a Facebook activist and I shared a lot of causes from my community... well, no more of that).

Technology is making us less social and more prone to instant gratification. I really think Facebook is the foremost culprit in all this. But what can we do? Sure, a few of us sensible people can take it easy, but the majority of users won't. I'll be honest, it made me so mad to see girls in my list post a duckface self-shot and get 100+ likes while my causes only got a handful of likes and comments and they were a LOT more meaningful than a duckface shot... **sigh**