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I stopped using Facebook. I had a lot of people who I've not seen in a long time there. Frankly, if you asked, I could not remember one personal thing I got fro

by fsloth 10y ago

I stopped using Facebook. I had a lot of people who I've not seen in a long time there. Frankly, if you asked, I could not remember one personal thing I got from their stream. On the other hand, I do have lots of nice memories of actual physical meetings with people. My conclusion based on my biased data set is that the value Facebook brings is ephemeral at best when laid against the skein of real world experiences. My life is not a stream of posts on third party servers.

3pt14159 10y ago
I've had the complete opposite. I deleted Facebook after they outed a gay friend of mine to his religious parents when they made groups public, but I came back after 5 years without it and I'm invited to far more events and I keep in touch with people from other cities way better. I'm not the type to just randomly text someone I met while visiting a different city, but I'll like a post or leave a comment. Keeping the relationship alive until I'm there next.