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For me: The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook.

by bg4 9y ago

kotrunga 9y ago
Same. Full deletion, and it's been amazing.
- cchurch 9y ago
  Same. This sounds drastic to people who are in the habit of Facebooking, but I still have friends and a social life and the hours of mindlessly scrolling through low-info-density posts, likes, links, and whatnot is all gone.
  - vocatus_gate 9y ago
    Honest question, what do you do for event planning? Literally the only reason I still have FB is because my friend group uses it heavily for coordinating hikes, camping trips, etc. I'd love to delete it if it weren't for that.
    - herbst 9y ago
      Like we did before. With communication and chats/sms
1001101 9y ago
Even better, don't sign up. I'm envious of my friends who are in this category. I deleted after reading about PRISM, then got back on. Deleted again, and then moved away from some friends and got lonely and got back on again. Luckily more and more of my friends are deleting, so should be easier to take the plunge again.
- wincy 9y ago
  I've found that since my wife and I both deactivated, we've suddenly been finding friends in new places. I invited a coworker and his family over for dinner, which was a great time. We've reconnected with some family of hers that we always thought "they're really nice people, we should get to know them better". Heck, we were at the neighborhood playground in our the other day and we invited a family over to dinner which was a lot of fun. Reconditioning myself to actually talk to people in real life has been really rewarding for me and my family. I used to have really severe anxiety, and it's scary to make that first contact, but man, it's worth it.
  - 1001101 9y ago
    'Realbook' is what my friends and I jokingly refer to connecting in the real world.
- snvzz 9y ago
  Among the never signed up group. It was unappealing to begin with, and it's been increasingly unlikely as, with stories like this, I learn how much worse it's been getting. I also find people who ask for my facebook account or try to get me to join are the same people I find least interesting and I'm less willing to spend my time with.

For me: The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook.

by bg4 9y ago

For me: The best thing I ever did was delete the Facebook.

kotrunga 9y ago

Same. Full deletion, and it's been amazing.

cchurch 9y ago
Same. This sounds drastic to people who are in the habit of Facebooking, but I still have friends and a social life and the hours of mindlessly scrolling through low-info-density posts, likes, links, and whatnot is all gone.
- vocatus_gate 9y ago
  Honest question, what do you do for event planning? Literally the only reason I still have FB is because my friend group uses it heavily for coordinating hikes, camping trips, etc. I'd love to delete it if it weren't for that.
  - herbst 9y ago
    Like we did before. With communication and chats/sms

1001101 9y ago

Even better, don't sign up. I'm envious of my friends who are in this category. I deleted after reading about PRISM, then got back on. Deleted again, and then moved away from some friends and got lonely and got back on again. Luckily more and more of my friends are deleting, so should be easier to take the plunge again.

wincy 9y ago
I've found that since my wife and I both deactivated, we've suddenly been finding friends in new places. I invited a coworker and his family over for dinner, which was a great time. We've reconnected with some family of hers that we always thought "they're really nice people, we should get to know them better". Heck, we were at the neighborhood playground in our the other day and we invited a family over to dinner which was a lot of fun. Reconditioning myself to actually talk to people in real life has been really rewarding for me and my family. I used to have really severe anxiety, and it's scary to make that first contact, but man, it's worth it.
- 1001101 9y ago
  'Realbook' is what my friends and I jokingly refer to connecting in the real world.
snvzz 9y ago
Among the never signed up group. It was unappealing to begin with, and it's been increasingly unlikely as, with stories like this, I learn how much worse it's been getting. I also find people who ask for my facebook account or try to get me to join are the same people I find least interesting and I'm less willing to spend my time with.