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I don't get why people feel the need to delete the account altogether. Can I ask how old you are? Growing up, Facebook was not just an aside: for a brief m
by chm 11y ago
I don't get why people feel the need to delete the
account altogether.
Can I ask how old you are? Growing up, Facebook was not just an aside: for a brief moment in my life, Facebook was life. It's where things happened. I'm now 25 and glad I've never stepped foot on Facebook soil since I was halfway past 18. My personal experience is that it was a vile substitute for social life and I don't miss it one bit. So my point is that depending on the demographics, Facebook can mean a totally different thing. For a young man growing up, no Facebook meant no girls, no parties, no fun - and that is a travesty.
Edit: I don't understand how my comment is controversial - it's an anecdote. To the risk of sinking even further: would downvoters care to express themselves?
- sanre6 11y agoYour 1st sentence could have given a condescending vibe :)
- chm 11y agoThat's what I suspected after. I did not mean to be condescending though.
- carlesfe 11y agoI'm 33 and FB lets me keep in touch with people I no longer see every day or even for a few months. It provides a real value for me. Many people seem unhappy with Facebook because "ugh others are stupid". Hide their posts, problem solved. This seems to me a teenage problem, not a tool problem. We've all been teens (even if only by definition) but bashing the tool because of the users seems a bit snarky.
- chm 11y agoMy girlfriend uses Facebook for much the same reasons as you - to keep in touch with friends and family who live far away. But my gripe with Facebook is just the social dynamics of it, not the users per se. In my particular case, Facebook was, for a time, a very toxic and all-encompassing environment. It just isn't for me.