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Re: Ask HN: Why are you off Facebook?

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Post by jcjevs »

jcjevs wrote: post #20

I just slowly trailed off using it. I wish I could say something more defined like other posters in this thread, but I just stopped. I first just never logged in on my computer (I think I may have Firefox private browsing and Do Not Track to thank for this since I had to enter my password every time I wanted to go on rather than just hit the URL). It wasn't as interesting at work for a quick break as Hacker News or U…

Sorry, just re-read the full question. To clarify, I still have an account. I do not log in anymore. I deleted the app off my phone and do not visit the site.

Re: Ask HN: Why are you off Facebook?

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Post by tuscarok »

Jealousy, for the most part.

Now that I've stopped using it I find that I'm in a better, more stable mood throughout the day. Not being reminded of my inferiority means I find I can concentrate better on self-improvement i.e. the things I should be doing if I want to be as successful as these people I'm so jealous of.

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Post by o_syn »

I've deleted my account completely.

Time is a finite resource. What is the most economical way to spend it? Watching The Shawshank Redemption is probably more economical than reading Facebook memes. And similarly, there are hundreds of other things you could do at any given moment with more entertainment value than Facebook.

Now, you could say, "facebook is not entertaining, but is useful". I do not find Facebook useful. If you're interested in networking benefits, there's LinkedIn and email[1]. If there is no answer you can give to the question "Why are you on Facebook?", then you should probably not use it (I'm assuming it has a very low entertainment value for you, which may or may not be true).

"because everyone else is on it".. is not a good enough answer for me. Therefore, I deleted my account completely.

[1] EDIT: and instant messaging.

Re: Ask HN: Why are you off Facebook?

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Post by jCamel »

Deleted permanently. It isn't interesting anymore, unless you enjoy only seeing posts that involve mundane bs mixed with advertising. Sad how it went from being an exclusive university friends only joke to a "serious enough to apply for employment with" joke of a site that everybody's grandmother uses regularly.

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Post by camhenlin »

I just don't like it. It's a big boring time sink. My friends who I actually care about what they have going on in their lives, I just talk to them the people did "back in the old days". I do however still have a Facebook account so my friends can tag me in whatever thing they have going on, but I don't install the app on my phone, nor do I log into the website, and I have everything setup to not send me any type of notifications

Re: Ask HN: Why are you off Facebook?

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Post by keville »

As a Web developer and Internet Citizen (TM), I can't wait for Facebook to complete their AOL-ification, which will surely include its eventual death spiral.

Rage-deleted my account after getting tired of being constantly presented with reminders of parts of my life that should have been moved-on-from, except Facebook decides what parts of your life you should be seeing.

If Facebook hadn't steamrolled Evite due to the sheer percentage of general population with accounts, I don't think I'd have any regrets whatsoever. People have to go out of their way to invite me to things, which has definitely had an effect on my specific social network.

Re: Ask HN: Why are you off Facebook?

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Post by keville »

johnnewell wrote: post #19
kazinator wrote: post #16

Never joined. Facebook has too much central control. Social networking should be based on a decentralized system of independent nodes such that no single authority owns the whole damn thing and makes everyone obey their rules, and has everyone's personal info. (And all protocols documented, and implementations open-sourced, needless to say).

The fastest way to fan out messages efficiently between a group is through one node that is always online. I think no decentralized architecture can be more efficient compared to a centralized system. Again, a social network only needs to know whom to send your message to and need not know about the contents of the message, If USPS opened our letters, would we argue for a decentralized architecture where we individua…

> The fastest way to fan out messages efficiently between a group is through one node that is always online.

I am curious to know what you're basing this statement on --"Fast" and "efficient" are not necessarily related.

(For instance, there seems to have been an explosion of decentralized message-queueing mechanisms available for coordinating distributed software systems. A centralized system can suffer from efficiency issues as easily as a decentralized one.)

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