I, like you, occasionally find myself on Facebook and say "what the fuck am I doing here?". I guess my only excuse is that so far I've been pretty unsuccessful in bringing people I know over to Steemit.
The other night, I found myself in one of those situations, scrolling through Facebook, unsure as to how I got there. I stumbled across a post in a local buy/sell/swap/trade group I'm part of, made by a woman seeking emergency dog food for a dog that had unintentionally ended up under her care.
People were immediately barraging her with a bunch of BS about taking in a dog she couldn't afford and things of that nature, even though she had made it clear that she had not intentionally ended up with the dog and was just trying to be a good person.
So I defended her, and although I unfortunately am in a similar financial situation so I couldn't afford the gas to bring it to her, I informed her that if she had a car or could get a ride the Humane Society offers free "emergency food".
Then it got interesting. She apparently didn't read my comment or just completely misinterpreted it as an insult, and got defensive. Other people had continued to insult her while this was going on and before I had a chance to tell her to re-read my comment she deleted the post, probably because out of a dozen or so people I was one of maybe two who offered her any help.
I guess the point is that Facebook, at least in my experience, has just become a breeding ground for hate and a source for people to take out their anger on random strangers on the internet.
Obviously that's not always the case but I can't remember the last time I went on facebook without getting bummed out on the way people were treating each other.
Steemit rewards for help, and that's pretty amazing. Hopefully I can get my friends over here so I don't ever wander onto Facebook again :)
Very true about the hatred on Facebook. I'm starting to wonder if certain people like that sort of drama (I'm sure they do). Maybe they don't have anything exciting going on in the real world, plus there are consequences when you say things in real life, and they are just looking for someone to disagree with online. I always see that in comments on Facebook. There are also a lot of people who wont even read the post/article link and just add their opinion/argument based on the title alone. Then it has to be explained to them that they need to actually read the article, and they get defensive about that - and the 'Hatebook' cycle continues.
Yup - couldn't agree with you more. It's really offputting. I think at one point I got into a depression directly related to seeing the way my old friends would express their views on social media. I have certainly been guilty of it as well, but never when it was unwarranted; I'll step in when someone else is being unfairly targeted; but that's about it.