5 Reasons Why Writers Should Quit Facebook

After much deliberation over my 700+ followers I decided to pull the plug. Here’s why:

I have lamented several times about the unprofessional nature of Facebook, its constant streams of political dogma, its disgusting memes, and its general comparison to a trailer park where Skinny Pete and Badger are probably selling blue meth.

Today I finally decided to cut ties with it.

Sure, Facebook is a place where most grannies go to get pictures of the grandkids, but really it has become a place where writers like me can waste mounds of valuable time. After all, I should be writing.

I will now list the reasons that writers should take the leap, but if you do some soul searching you will soon discover that you will be better off without much social media other than Twitter.

1. Facebook As An Anthill — A colony of red ants lives in my yard. Every year I go out and try to eradicated them and everything I’ve tried doesn’t work. I’ll go out there and kick them around and they will become agitated and attempt to sting me, swarming across the ground angrily in their futile attempt. About a year ago I used to use Facebook like someone who would lay down on top of the anthill naked and let them bite me. I’d get tired of seeing unsubstantiated nonsense posted by armchair know-it-alls and have to respond, which would cause them to sting me and really make my life miserable. Recently, like James Joyce…