I have a smart phone, and I have a Facebook account and a Twitter account.
But I never check any social media on my phone. And I don't like when people do that when in company.
So, I believe I am not much a victim of the "Attention Economy", and I doubt that the Facebook shareholders ever made more that 1 cent from my account.
Long time ago I decided to delete the fb app. I am much happier now that ALL my attention is fully dedicated to my 60 followers in Steem :-) happy Days!
Good for you. I'm a fb deleter myself.. 90 days and have never looked back. :)
haha good on you! I think the average person spends like an hour or 2 on facebook a day which is pretty insane
if you add the others and youtube it's closer to 3 hours...
I never could understand the idea behind FB.
I get it that it helps to keep in touch with friends, but people share everything from photos, fights, why would someone want to wash their dirty laundry in public? People share their most intimate secrets with the world - absolutely non-sense.
I only use FB to promote my business.
I try to follow same principle too. When I am in the company of someone, I avoid checking on my phone at all except otherwise.
You notice people get to meet instead of spending the quality time together, they will spend it with their phones - to talk to someone who isn't present. The physical interaction will soon be priceless!