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Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by Chris2048 »

lloeki wrote: post #46
harry8 wrote: post #5

"A facebook account was closed." Headline suggested to me someone resigning from the company. The latter is more interesting. Many people have closed their facebook accounts, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get whatever contact details you don't have from connections then do it. Others never opened one. Life is fine without facebook, if you feel you want to close your account, do it. Foo…

> Many people have throwed away their cigarette packs, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get that one last cig with a friend then do it. Others never started to smoke. Life is fine without smoking, if you feel you want to stop smoking, do it. Footage at 11. > Many people have stopped gambling, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get whatever money's left on the ta…

Are you saying FB is as addictive as nicotine?

Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by romanovcode »

jokoon wrote: post #50
fredsted wrote: post #15

I'm honestly a little amazed at all the thought put in to quitting Facebook. It seems like such a big deal for people. I think it's very sad that we've gotten to this point. It's just a Web site.

Everybody use facebook. It's not just a website, facebook has become the norm.

I'm pretty sure Instagram is the norm now. (I know it's still FB, but not directly the website itself)

Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by zimpenfish »

coldtea wrote: post #42
zimpenfish wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I believe we’ll look back in 10 years and realize that this generation was ridiculously over attached to [human connections] Fixed that for you.

Yeah, because "human connections" can only be achieved on a web platform, with people you merely chat with on a casual BS basis for casual BS topics, and consider "friends" besides seldom meeting or having much in common with most of them.

> Yeah, because "human connections" can only be achieved on a web platform

Who said that? Not me.

Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by zimpenfish »

gfiorav wrote: post #26
zimpenfish wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I believe we’ll look back in 10 years and realize that this generation was ridiculously over attached to [human connections] Fixed that for you.

Haha, well not too sure. For one, Facebook isn’t a human connection, it’s really not. You’re not really friends with someone you haven’t spoken to in 5 years. On the other hand, we’ve been attached to human connections since the begging of civilization. Not sold that would end in 10 years time.

> For one, Facebook isn’t a human connection, it’s really not.

It is, it really is.

> You’re not really friends with someone you haven’t spoken to in 5 years.

Well, yeah, that's a truism.

Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by exergy »

seanwilson wrote: post #48
T-zex wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are people, who can't be bothered to send you an SMS, email or give a call to invite you into a party, actually, your friends?

Are people that can't be bothered to mail you a letter really your friend? Facebook is an efficient form of communication that the vast majority of people use. I'd expect close friends to go out of their way to contact me but you have to accept that by not using Facebook you're going to miss out on things and creating an inconvenience for people. SMS and email aren't as efficient for arranging group events.

> by not using Facebook you're going to miss out on things

This is the beginning and the end of all the thought that should be put into this matter. Missing things is not the end of the world, since there is so much to do in life anyway.

More importantly, I think the benefits of fb are greatly exaggerated. In Europe at least, it seems the de facto standard are whatsapp groups of close friends, and that's where things get arranged. Even wedding invites are generally sent out over emails nowadays.

Finally, I never get the point of keeping in touch with a zillion people. I prefer not being in touch with high school friends. The endless comparing yourself to others and the 2 AM binge facebooking take a huge toll. Better to get in touch once in a while with old friends and have no idea what they've been up to. It's so much more of an enjoyable conversation. And after it's done, you have the lingering benefit of being able to retire to your cozy, slightly-more-solitudinous-than-normal existence.

Re: I Quit Facebook

#56

Post by craigsmansion »

baby wrote: post #37

Alternatively: accept the value of Messenger and access it directly via https://www.messenger.com or the Messenger app. I will never be able to understand these articles as ALL (with some exceptions) my friends are on facebook, and it is the only way I have to keep touch with all of them. This is a huge problem for people like me who travel a lot and have no other ways of getting in touch with someone.

> have no other ways of getting in touch with someone.

They don't have telephones or e-mail, or even home addresses?

Granted, it might not be as convenient, but people, including friends, do not cease to exist outside of facebook, or are facebook-friends friends of convenience only?

Re: I Quit Facebook

#57

Post by bionoid »

dazc wrote: post #47
leereeves wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't Facebook own whatsapp? They're not leaving Facebook, just switching from one Facebook property to another.

You are correct but if the trend is moving from a heavily monetised property to one that isn't....?

... then they will monetise it.

Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by lithos »

Chris2048 wrote: post #51
lloeki wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Many people have throwed away their cigarette packs, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get that one last cig with a friend then do it. Others never started to smoke. Life is fine without smoking, if you feel you want to stop smoking, do it. Footage at 11. > Many people have stopped gambling, it's not a big deal, you just announce you're going to do it, get whatever money's left on the ta…

Are you saying FB is as addictive as nicotine?

Well there are a couple of studies that track vitals and responses of people who get their cellphones taken away. So it's not like that's an empty implication.

Re: I Quit Facebook

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Post by icantdrive55 »

stevewillows wrote: post #19
yodsanklai wrote: post #6

There are less drastic options. I'm still on facebook but unsubscribed from all feeds. As a result there's almost nothing but ads on my news feed so I'm not really tempted to go there anymore. I also don't post anything there. Still, I keep my account "just in case" and I do use messenger a lot though. I have the feeling facebook is slowly dying, but I'm probably wrongly generalizing my own experience (is this called…

Its funny. Most people I know (~37 and under) only really use it for events and, at times, messenger. Its sort of a modern phonebook. My sister (early 40s) and her peers are still using it on a regular basis, but the content could easily be on twitter or instagram. The real demographic that is in love with it is my parents' generation, ~67+. They follow a lot of the '%city% then and now' and other nostalgic groups. A…

I see way too many people, presumably under 37, glued to something on those screens.

My hope is whatever they are so fascinated with will eventually get old, and that phone will be put away, or perhaps left at home.

Re: I Quit Facebook

#60

Post by samzer »

I've tried deactivating facebook multiple times but always got back to it. I like facebook as a tool to keep in touch with people who are somewhat friends to periphery friends but I'm not interested in consuming the feed. So the solution that worked for me was to unfollow everyone with the help of the link which is at the end. Now my feed is empty and whenever I open facebook without thinking, I see nothing and get back to my normal real life very soon.

https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-unfollow-everyone-on-Facebook...

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