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Just Quit Facebook, Feels Goodman
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Houston3000
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I pity people who feel the need to delete their Facebook accounts in this manner, in some sort of self-conceived spite. Especially when they feel the need to discuss it - just such a lame thing to be proud of. You very obviously had some sort of problem, some sort of addiction or social issue where you felt as though deleting your Facebook profile was some sort of big deal.
It's a free account you had on a popular internet website. What do you think the significance is to deleting your account?
It's a free account you had on a popular internet website. What do you think the significance is to deleting your account?
On the other hand, you shouldn't be pitying people, especially for not wanting to be a part of Facebook. Most of the negative posts in this thread smack of a similar amount of self-righteousness as the OP.
You think it's lame to be proud of not participating in Facebook, he thinks it's lame to participate in Facebook. Nobody's right, you're all lame.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I got rid of Facebook ages ago because I rarely use it. But like many quitters I came back. Truth is, as much as I really don't care for Facebook and as little as I use it, it is handy on the few occasions I actually need to.
Now I just block the vast majority of peoples feeds. Means I only see the stuff I slightly care about.
Now I just block the vast majority of peoples feeds. Means I only see the stuff I slightly care about.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
It's pretty silly to "quit" Facebook. It implies you were using it in sort of a stupid way to begin with. Don't make friends with idiots, hide people you don't care about from your wall, and it's just a nice portal to easily communicate with actual people you care about. Close friends and family. It's like saying "I quit email." "I quit communicating with people I care about via any medium." Come on now.
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Deleted member 8095
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I can't stand people that brag about cancelling Facebook. Do you think anyone cares? Not having Facebook doesn't make you any more special than someone that does have Facebook. How are threads like this any worse than the attention whoring that takes place on Facebook?
Examples please.
Examples please.
Deified Data
Banned
I have no reason to do this because my relationship with Facebook is a healthy one.
GhostWriter24
Member
Is writing a 3 line post considered bragging this day and age? To me bragging would be more in line with "I just got a six-figure salary job, did my gf, and won the lottery at the same time." Did I offend you personally? I'm sorry you resent my thread so much that you came into it and responded to it.
If it bothers you so much, you have the option of clicking the reply button.
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Deleted member 8095
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Because we have the same attention whoring thread once a week.
GhostWriter24
Member
I'm sorry, am I taking away from the popularity of the "Infant dies in car", "Dude I just fainted" and "Fullerton cops beat mentally ill homeless man to bloody pulp" threads? Loosen up.
wondermega
Member
I am anti-FB, had to be dragged onto it kicking and screaming, and can see the inherent issues it will present for my (and everyone's) lives down the road.
that being said, I have to be on there for certain reasons and I see that it is certainly useful as a tool. And I can't lie that it can get addicting, in a way it's sort of reality reality TV.
I won't leave, but definitely good to keep one eye looking over the shoulder. If this is how it is in it's infancy, I am pretty worried about "next & future gen social networking"
that being said, I have to be on there for certain reasons and I see that it is certainly useful as a tool. And I can't lie that it can get addicting, in a way it's sort of reality reality TV.
I won't leave, but definitely good to keep one eye looking over the shoulder. If this is how it is in it's infancy, I am pretty worried about "next & future gen social networking"
TheKaeptain
Banned
I would if I didn't have people all over the world I like to keep in contact with. I'm currently chatting to a friend in Germany that is having a breakdown right now.
i nerini del buio
Member
erase them and keep the good ones no?
Mama Robotnik
Member
Facebook is only as good as the people you friend with. If you have 400+ friends that you don't interact with in any meaningful way, you only have yourself to blame as you either added or approved such people.
There is nothing inherently wrong with social networking, when it works it is brilliant.
There is nothing inherently wrong with social networking, when it works it is brilliant.
VGChampion
Member
Feels good to have a Facebook. I understand not liking it for all the info they can have on you but it's the easiest way to keep in contact with others. Yeah, phone and email work but they aren't as convenient. I swear there wasn't this big of a deal when email got more popular. I don't remember daily conversations about how email is horrible and everyone should just use phones. I still remember creating my first email and sending a test to my cousin.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I use twitter, I can't go back to shitty FB
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kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Wow, that's nuts. I at least occasionally see almost all of my 240 FB friends. I have a pretty large circle of friends I guess, and many acquaintances within those communities.
I use FB to speak to out of band friends w/o the hassle of getting their phone # and using slower methods like texting etc.. I also use FB to organize lots of events with friends, and post photos/videos of such events or of my son.
FB is great for me. I don't get caught up in any kind of odd FB drama though because I don't surround myself with people who cause it? I never understand the FB hate, its a great tool.
FB is great for me. I don't get caught up in any kind of odd FB drama though because I don't surround myself with people who cause it? I never understand the FB hate, its a great tool.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
I connect with friends on fb, twitter, AND phone. Something wrong with me?
all of your friends are probably adults.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Mark Zuckerberg is that you? Mark was born 3 days before me. I think about that everytime I start to feel I've accomplished something worthwhile. I like Facebook, it's very useful for sharing pictures of my son with my friends and family with almost no effort at all
Grinchy
Banned
Ok, I will try to explain. My old roomate is a good example of a facebook/narcissism addict. He used to literally sit on the couch for hours upon hours at a time with the TV on and his laptop and phone in front of him. Whenever someone would post on his facebook, it would send an E-mail to his phone. He'd check the E-mail on the phone, then go to Facebook to reply. He would also be on AIM at the time. He would start movies that he wouldn't even watch because he was having inane chatter through facebook/email. All I could hear for hours was the AIM chime and the beep of his phone constantly going off. He was living in his fake social world all day long.
I have gone out with groups of friends who literally stop everything to get everyone together for a group photo, then they have to immediately upload it to facebook with a description of their night. The pictures, along with typing messages, replying to comments, ect, would go on a dozen or so times. They were so busy explaining to a bunch of strangers online what they were doing that they were missing out on what they were doing.
That's just 2 examples. I could probably come up with more. This isn't true for every single person, but I think Facebook is just an avenue for narcissists to feed their egos and they don't even know it. They just become worse and worse people over time. I happen to feel that this type of online interaction is far from authentic or genuine.
That's pretty much what I use it for and I never understood the FB hate either. It's just so convenient.
LightofRohan
Member
I'm deleting my facebook account because I'm tired of having all these people I don't know/care about and wasting time saying stuff to them they don't even care about.
*POSTS THREAD ABOUT IT ON NEOGAF*
*POSTS THREAD ABOUT IT ON NEOGAF*
no I havent deleted my fb account, there is no point
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
How on Earth did we function without it?
I have a very small group of people on Facebook. Adding everyone you know is pointless, at least for me (how many of your 400+ friends did you actually talk to?). I use it to keep in touch and share things with mostly my family on the other side of the continent. I'd love them all to switch over to Google+, which links more seamlessly with my Picasa account, but since that won't be happening, Facebook is fine.
Treefingers
Member
I deleted my account a few weeks ago just because I really wasn't using it anymore. Funny thing is what really pushed me over the edge is the hilariously desperate page you get when you go to delete the account, with huge pictures of friends who are apparently really gonna miss you leaving Facebook.
disappeared
Banned
Oddly enough, I just rebooted my account after a year's hiatus. It's basically only because I'm trying to keep in touch with this girl halfway across the country.
GhostWriter24
Member
That was a riot, as half of them are people I haven't spoken to in near a decade -- just a few grade school buds.
AdventureRacing
Member
There is nothing inherently wrong with spcial networking, only the way people use it.
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