Quoted from DaWezl:Facebook not only monitors your searching, but it monitors your texts too. I’ve mentioned rare medical conditions in a private text—nothing that I have or would ever be googling—and the very next time I went on FB, the ads were all “How to treat (rare medical condition)!”
Hear hear.
I never understood the tin foil hat wearers that go on an on about Govt storing personal data who at least have some safeguards, but don't bat an eyelid when a private company not only does the same thing but passes it on to third parties for profit.
I guess with companies like Facebook the user operates under that whole illusion of voluntarism and the death by a thousand cuts.
Quoted from timtim:TractorDoc I'm in the same boat. Pinside is as close to social media as I get.
Hell I'm the only person I know under 30 that doesn't have a fb. Sometimes hanging out with people my age is so annoying cause they are taking pictures of their food and don't even listen cause they are on their phones the whole time.
God I sound like an old man but it is the truth
Don't even get me started on snapchat. I was at Walmart and someone was filming themselves with a bag of oreos. Like who the hell cares that you're about to get some cookies. Not that it effects me in anyway but people love feeding their ego's
Ugh and people filming concerts
Sorry for the rant but I really don't care for the world that much these days. I love having access to all this information but all these zombies and self absorbed people kinda make it a drag.(I'm not a depressing person I swear)
Facebook only exists to sate an innate human character defect which we all have to a certain extent.
The need for external validation and peer approval.
It's when they regularly turn to those they least care about as a first port of call (other facebook users) it simply demonstrates how crippling the defect has affected them to be able to get through the "rigours" of daily life in a first world country. 
Witnessed a car crash happen in real time a few weeks back during peak hour. Watched the occupants of the nearest car not involved get out, take half a dozen photos on their phone, then get back in their car and watch waiting for the road to be cleared so they could continue on their way. No phoning of emergency services, no attempt to render any kind of assistance and check on stability of those involved. In the time it took me to get over to the accident scene, phoning an ambulance as I walked quickly they already were back in their car seats and had their heads down in the phones uploading the aftermath.
Fuck those types of people and where society seems to be heading.
